Papua Provincial Government Corruption Money Allegedly Made To Buy Planes, KPK Tracks Overseas

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) suspects that the corruption money from the Operational Supporting Fund and Program for the Improvement of Official Services for Regional Heads and Deputy Regional Heads of the Papua Provincial Government is used to buy private jets. The existence of the aircraft will certainly continue to be monitored.

"We continue to monitor the plane that is suspected to be abroad," said KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo to reporters when confirmed, Friday, June 13.

Budi did not want to specify the exact location of the plane. However, on a separate occasion, he said this finding was evidence that could later be used to recover state losses in this case.

"So not only for proof, but also as the first step in optimizing asset recovery later. Moreover, the value of state losses reached Rp1 trillion," he said.

As for investigating the purchase of this aircraft, the KPK actually summoned Gibrael Isaak, a Singaporean as the boss of PT Rio De Gabriello (RDG) Airlines as a witness on Thursday, June 12. However, he was absent from the investigator's summons.

Previously reported, the KPK investigated allegations of corruption in the abuse of authority related to the Operational Supporting Fund and Program for the Improvement of Official Services for Regional Heads and Deputy Regional Heads of the Papua Provincial Government. The state's losses due to this reckless practice reached Rp1.2 trillion.

There is already one suspect in this case, namely DE as Treasurer of the Expenditure of the Regional Head of Papua Province. He is suspected of committing his actions together with Lukas Enembe while still serving as Governor of Papua.

Meanwhile, Lukas Enembe has died at the Gatot Subroto Army Hospital, Jakarta in December 2023. At that time, he was still a defendant in a bribery and gratification case and the KPK was investigating the crime of money laundering (TPPU) that ensnared him.