Minister Of Transportation Budi Karya Asks KPK To Reschedule Summons In The Railway Project Bribery Case

JAKARTA - Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi could not fulfill the summons of investigators from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) today. The Minister of Transportation asked for the summons as a witness in the bribery case for the railway project to be rescheduled at different times.

"Currently, the Minister of Transportation is receiving a monument to review transportation projects outside the city. So, we ask for information to be rescheduled," said Transportation Ministry Spokesperson (Kemenhub) Adita Irawati to reporters in a written statement, Friday, July 14.

Adita ensured that the Ministry of Transportation supports the investigation of alleged corruption carried out by the KPK. "And and will cooperate fully with law enforcement officials including the KPK," he said.

Previously, investigators also summoned the Director General of Railways DJKA of the Indonesian Ministry of Transportation M Risal Wasal and ASN at the Ministry of Transportation Maulana Yusuf as witnesses.

The statements of the three are needed to complete the investigation files of the suspect, the Head of the Class I Railway Engineering Center for the Central Java region (BTP Jabagteng) Putu Sumarjaya and his friends (Dkk).

In this case, the KPK has named 10 suspects for alleged bribery related to the construction and maintenance of railway lines within the Directorate General of Railways of the Ministry of Transportation for Fiscal Year 2018-2022. Six recipients are the Director of Railway Infrastructure Harno Trimadi; Commitment Making Officer (PPK) of the Central Java Railway Engineering Center (BTP) Bernard Hasibuan; and Head of Central Java BTP Putu Sumarjaya.

Then there is also the PPK of the South Sulawesi Railway Management Center (BPKA) Achmad Affandi; PPK for Rail Infrastructure, Fadliansyah; and the West Java BTP (Jabagbar) PPK Syntheto Pirjani Hutabarat.

While the rest were bribe givers, namely the Director of PT Istana Putra Agung, Dion Renato Sugiarto; Director of PT Dwifarita Fajarkharisma, Muchamad Hikmat; Vice President of PT KA Management Properti, Parjono; and former Director of PT KA Management Properti, Yoseph Ibrahim.

In this case, the KPK suspects that six DJKA officials from the Ministry of Transportation received bribes worth Rp. 14.5 billion related to four railway projects in Indonesia.

The four projects suspected of being the bancakan are the Solo Balapan-Kadipiro-Kalioso Double railway line construction project; a railway line construction project in Makassar, South Sulawesi; four railway construction projects and two supervision projects in Lampegan Cianjur, West Java; and a project to repair the Java-Sumatra Crossing.