KPK Suspects Winner Regulation For All Projects In Semarang City

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) suspects that there are winning arrangements for various projects in the City Government (Pemkot) of Semarang, Central Java. Six witnesses were questioned about this, including Martono as Chairman of the Association of Indonesian National Construction Implementers (Gapensi) Semarang.

Meanwhile, Martono is one of four suspects in the corruption case at the Semarang City Government. Although it has not been officially announced, he was reportedly appointed with Hevearita Gunaryanti Rahayu or Mbak Ita who is the Mayor of Semarang; Chairman of Commission D of the Central Java DPRD who is also the husband of Mbak Ita, Alwin Basri; and Rahmat Djangkar who is a private party.

"The witness was investigated whether or not there was a job winner arrangement for all procurement of goods and services carried out by the Semarang City Government," said KPK Spokesperson Tessa Mahardika to reporters, Friday, October 25.

Tessa said the witnesses summoned were not only Martono. But there are also DK, NDP, EL, DHN, and CSA.

Meanwhile, from the information gathered, they are Desy Kusumawati, Nila Dewi Palupi, Didiet Hanindya Nugraha, and Cicilia Susi Ambarwati as BPBJ Semarang City Secretariat, and Evi Lianasari as civil servants (PNS).

"The investigation was carried out at the Semarang Polrestabes," said the spokesman with the investigator's background.

Previously reported, the KPK began investigating three alleged corruption crimes within the Semarang City Government (Pemkot). The details are the procurement of goods and services within the Semarang City Government in 2023-2024, the alleged extortion of civil servants related to incentives for collecting taxes and levies in the Semarang City area, as well as the alleged receipt of gratuities in 2023-2024.

Searches have been carried out in various locations such as in the cities of Semarang, Kudus, Salatiga, and others. From there, documents up to Rp1 billion and 9,650 euros were found as well as dozens of watches allegedly related to the case.