KPK Suspects Typhoon Ginting Doesn't Accept Bribes Alone, Orderers Will Be Investigated

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) suspects that the former Head of PUPR for North Sumatra Province, Topan Obaja Putra Ginting, is not alone in accepting bribes related to road projects. The search will be carried out to find parties suspected of giving orders.

"We also suspect that this TOP is not only alone (in accepting bribes, ed). However, we will see where the person concerned coordinates with who or gets orders from whom," said Acting Deputy for Enforcement and Execution of the KPK Asep Guntur Rahayu quoted on Friday, July 25.

Even if Typhoon does not want to speak about the person suspected of giving the order, the KPK is sure that it can get the name. This is because investigators will explore information from other evidence and information.

One of them, continued Asep, was through Isabella as the wife of Topan who was summoned some time ago.

"Even if the person concerned has yet to provide information, we will also not stop there," he said.

"We will seek information from other parties, including information from electronic evidence which we are currently opening in our forensic laboratory," continued the Director of Investigation of the KPK.

As previously reported, the KPK held a hand arrest operation (OTT) in the North Sumatra region on Thursday, June 26. It is suspected that money was given in the road construction project in the province.

From this forced effort, the KPK then named Typhoon Obaja Putra Ginting or Typhoon Ginting as the Head of PUPR Office of North Sumatra Province as a suspect along with four other people. They are Effendi Siregar's Rasul as the Head of the Old Mountain UPTD of the North Sumatra Province PUPR Service concurrently the Commitment Making Officer (PPK); Heiyanto as PPK PJN Satker Region I North Sumatra Province; M. Akhirun Efendi Siregar as the President Director of PT DNG; and M. Rayhan Dulasmi Pilang as Director of PT RN.

The Typhoon was in the spotlight because it was inaugurated as the Head of PUPR on February 24 by the Governor of North Sumatra Bobby Nasution. He previously served as Head of the Public Works Service or the Department of Water Resources, Highways and Construction Development of Medan City and had served as Acting (Plt) of the Medan City Secretary when the son-in-law of the 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia sat as Mayor of Medan.

The KPK revealed that there were six road construction projects with a budget of IDR 231.8 billion that were suspected of bribery. The details are as follows:

1. Preservation of Jalan Simpang Pinang-Gunung Tua-Simpang Pal XI 2023 (project value of Rp56.5 billion);2. Preservation of Jalan Simpang Kota Pinang- Gunung Tua-Simpang Pal XI 2024 (project value of Rp17.5 billion);3. Rehabilitation of Jalan Simpang Kota Pinang-Gunung Tua-Simpang Pal XI and handling of avalanches 2025;4. Preservation of Jalan Simpang Kota Pinang-Gunung Tua-Simpang Pal XI 2025;5. Construction of Jalan Sipiongoit boundary Labusel (project value of Rp96 billion); and 6. Construction of Jalan Hutaimbaru-Sipiongot (project value of Rp61.8 billion).