2 ASN Ministry Of Transportation Becomes Corruption Suspects For Construction Of Lahat-Lubuklinggau Station

JAKARTA - The South Sumatra Regional Police (Polda) has named two suspects in the alleged corruption case in the construction of railway infrastructure to optimize operations at Lahat and Lubuklinggau stations.

Deputy Director of Special Criminal Investigation of the South Sumatra Police, Adjunct Senior Commissioner of Police Listiyono Dwi Nugroho, said the two suspects were the State Civil Apparatus (ASN) of the Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) with the initials AF (56) who was a Commitment Making Officer (PPK) at the Palembang Class II Railway Satker and the private sector as the contractor for project work with the initials PRK (35).

The railway infrastructure construction project was carried out by CV Binoto with the suspect PRK as the director. This company won a project tender worth IDR 11.9 billion.

"The results of the investigation are suspected to have decreased in work volume and did not match the technical specifications for the work being carried out," he said in Palembang, Monday, which was confiscated by Antara.

Listiyono explained that the project was carried out by the PRK suspect on September 12 to December 31, 2022. However, the results of the physical examination by the construction expert on July 11, 2024, it was known that the project lacked work volume and concrete because it did not comply with technical specifications.

In the process of implementing the physical work of the building, the company owned by PRK is known to have delayed project work.

The delay did not receive sanctions as stipulated in Presidential Decree No. 12 of 2021 concerning the Procurement of Government Goods/Services and Agreement Letters, which companies should be subject to sanctions in the form of a fine of IDR 248 million.

"The total state loss in this case is around Rp. 1.9 billion," explained Listiyono.

Investigators have confiscated 109 documents, including documents for the procurement of goods and services, contract documents, activity progress documents, payment documents. All of this evidence confirms the involvement of the two suspects who have now been detained.

The two suspects are subject to Article 2 and Article 3 of Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption, with a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison.