State Losses Due to Corruption of the Situbondo Sugar Factory Reach IDR 645 Billion

JAKARTA - Investigators from the Corruption Eradication Task Force (Kortas Tipidkor) of the National Police revealed that the state's losses arising in the alleged corruption case in the revitalization and modernization of the Assembagoes Sugar Factory, Situbondo, reached Rp. 645 billion.

"In this alleged corruption crime, there has been a loss of state finances based on the results of the audit from the BPK (State Audit Agency) RI of around Rp. 645 billion more," said Head of the Dittindak Kortas Tipidkor Tipidkor Team, Kombes Gunawan, as reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, June 9.

This was conveyed by Gunawan when giving information to reporters after conducting a search at one of the construction SOEs located on Jalan D.I. Panjaitan, East Jakarta.

During the search, investigators seized a number of evidence in the form of documents in soft copy or hard copy, as well as electronic evidence in the form of electronic mail.

The investigators of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) of the National Police today also searched three other locations related to the investigation into the alleged corruption of the EPCC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning) of the Asembagoes Sugar Factory.

The three locations are the house of the President Director of PT Multinas Indonesia Tjahjadi Dajadibrata in the Galaxy Bumi Permai area, Surabaya; the office of PT Multinas Tjahja Sejahtera at Ruko Klampis Megah, Surabaya; and the office of PT Barata Indonesia on Veteran Street Number 241, Gresik, East Java.

"This activity is in an effort to collect additional evidence. Later we will analyze this evidence and we will also delve into this evidence to strengthen the evidence in the investigation process that we are carrying out," he said.

The development and modernization project of the Assembagoes Sugar Factory, Situbondo, East Java, was carried out from 2016 to 2022.

The project, which is part of the state-owned enterprise's strategic program, received funding from the State Capital Participation (PMN) of IDR 650 billion and additional loans of more than IDR 462 billion.

However, the project failed to meet several key targets, such as milling capacity, product quality, and electricity production for export.

Until now, the investigators of the Corruption Tipikor Directorate of the National Police are still investigating the case and have not named any suspects.