Again, KPK has the opportunity to pick up the former Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said that the opportunity to forcibly pick up the former Minister of Transportation (Menhub) Budi Karya Sumadi was open after he did not meet the call of investigators today. He was supposed to be examined as a witness to the alleged bribery of the railway construction project of the Director General of Railways (DJKA) of the Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) for East Java.

"Later we will see the needs of the investigators," said KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to reporters at the KPK Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Monday, March 2.

Budi said Budi Karya Sumadi did not meet the call because he was sick. "There is confirmation from the witness. The official confirmation is of course from the witness answering the call or rescheduling from the investigator," he said.

The examination of Budi Karya was actually carried out on Wednesday, February 18. However, the request for information in the bribery case for the construction of the railway line was not carried out because he was not present with the excuse that he had a previously scheduled agenda.

After that, based on the information obtained, the investigators actually rescheduled the examination for Wednesday, February 25 but the delay was again carried out until Monday, March 2.

For information, Budi Karya in the trial was said to have met with Pati Regent Sudewo when he was in the position as a member of Commission V of the DPR RI for the 2020-2024 period.

In addition, the former minister also participated in the flow of corrupt money in the case. From various reports, it was mentioned that there was a helicopter rental for Budi Karya during a visit to the region.

Regarding this information, the KPK has already examined Budi Karya as a witness in July 2023. He was questioned about the alleged bribery of the procurement and maintenance of railway lines in the South Sulawesi, Central Java, West Java, and Sumatra regions in the 2018-2022 period which dragged Harno Trimadi as the former Director of DJKA and other parties.

As previously reported, the KPK continues to develop the bribery case for the railway line development project of the Director General of Railways (DJKA) of the Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) for East Java. Most recently, Sudewo as a former member of Commission V of the DPR for the period 2020-2024 was named a suspect.

Then, the KPK also promised to investigate the members of Commission V of the DPR for the period 2019-2024 who enjoyed the flow of money. One of them is Lasarus as the Chairman of Commission V of the DPR at that time and was said in the trial to participate in enjoying a project fee of 10 percent.

He is suspected of receiving money flows with members of Commission V of the DPR for the period 2019-2024 from various factions who are suspected of enjoying fees. They include Ridwan Bae, Hamka Baco Kady to Sadarestuwati.