ITDC Reported to the KPK regarding Alleged Corruption of the Return Settlement Program in Mandalika

JAKARTA - The Indonesia Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) has been reported to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) regarding alleged corruption in the development program for residents affected by the Mandalika area, Central Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB). The report also dragged the Central Lombok Regency People's Housing and Settlement Area (Perkim).

"ITDC does not carry out existing obligations, planned obligations, obligations that have been mandated by law, for example, one of them, that ITDC will provide resettlement money to 120 households, but in practice ITDC does not give all households as much money as promised. Nah, this is a violation of the law committed by ITDC," said Representative of the NTB Legal Studies and Assistance Agency, Badaruddin at the KPK Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Monday, June 22.

Badaruddin said his party had submitted a report letter along with a number of supporting evidence to the KPK.

Apart from the issue of the amount of money that is not appropriate, Badaruddin also said that ITDC is suspected of not carrying out its responsibility to relocate residents affected by the construction. The process is said to have been carried out by the Central Lombok Regency Perkim Office.

"Well, that is a form of violation of the relocation of affected residents from the construction of what is called the ITDC infrastructure development requires ITDC to relocate, but it is not ITDC that relocates but Perkim. That is the basis for us that it is the obligation of ITDC which is not done by ITDC," he said.

Not only ITDC, the NTB Legal Study and Assistance Agency also reported the Central Lombok Regency Perkim Office regarding the alleged non-distribution of social assistance of IDR 15 million to 120 recipient families.

Badaruddin said his party had calculated the potential financial losses to the state based on the evidence it had. For the alleged involvement of the Perkim Office, the value is estimated to be more than IDR 300 million and could grow to IDR 1.2 billion.

"Our calculation, first of all, our evidence base is around Rp. 300 million, our evidence base, but the assumption with the existing pattern is Rp. 1.2 billion for Perkim," he said.

Meanwhile, for the alleged involvement of ITDC, the state's losses are estimated at IDR 19 billion. This value is calculated based on the budget that is said to have been allocated to meet the rights of affected citizens but is suspected to have not been realized.

"As for PUPR, it is almost - if for PT ITDC because there are details of its budget, at least the state's losses are Rp. 19 billion. That is based on the planned budget plan budgeted by PT ITDC to fulfill the rights of citizens, but it was never given so. That's our basis," concluded Badaruddin.