Request for Rescheduling, KPK is Waiting for Transportation Secretary Budi Karya Sumadi Today

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is waiting for the presence of the former special staff (stafsus) of the Minister of Transportation era of Budi Karya Sumadi, Robby Kurniawan today, May 5. He was supposed to be examined as a witness to the alleged bribery of the railway line development project of the Directorate General of Railways (DJKA) of the Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub), yesterday.

"We are waiting for tomorrow (today, red)," said KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to reporters at the KPK Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, as quoted by Tuesday, May 5.

Budi said Robby asked for a rescheduling of the summons, which had been carried out twice. Communication had been carried out with investigators, he claimed.

Meanwhile, when asked about the material that would be investigated by investigators, Budi did not give any further answers. He just hopes that Robby can meet the call of investigators at the Red and White Building of the KPK, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta.

"Of course we hope to complete the information needed by investigators."

Robby is known to have served as a special staff for logistics and multimodal when Budi Karya Sumadi served as Minister of Transportation in the era of the 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo (Jokowi). He then became an expert staff of the Minister of Transportation Dudy Purwagandhi in the field of regions and environment.

In this case, Budi Karya has also been examined in this case at the Semarang City BPKP office on Monday, March 9. He was questioned by investigators about the work of the DJKA project in a number of areas on the islands of Sumatra and Java which were colored by the provision of bribes.

Not only that, Budi Karya was also questioned about the involvement of legislators of Commission V of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia for the period 2019-2024. The information was requested by investigators to investigate the actions of Sudewo as a former Member of Commission V of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia who had been named a suspect as well as looking for the involvement of other parties.

As previously reported, the KPK continues to develop the bribery case for the East Java Regional Directorate General of Railways (DJKA) of the Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub). Most recently, Sudewo as a former Member of Commission V of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia for the period 2020-2024 was named a suspect.

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

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