The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has revealed the opportunity to develop allegations of bribery for road construction projects at the North Sumatra Province Public Works and Spatial Planning (PUPR) and the Regional 1 North Sumatra National Road Development Work Unit (PJN).
KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo said this opportunity was open as long as there were facts and evidence pocketed by investigators.
"From the investigation of this case, the KPK will also continue to develop the evidence and facts obtained," Budi said in a written statement, Thursday, December 4.
Budi explained that this kind of development is usually carried out by the KPK. From cases that start with hand arrest operations (OTT), for example, investigators can usually uncover a new case.
"This caught activity is also an entry point to see if similar modes of corruption also occur in sectors or in other areas," he said.
"We are waiting for developments," continued Budi.
As previously reported, the KPK held a hand arrest operation (OTT) in the North Sumatra region on Thursday, June 26. It is suspected that money was given in the road construction project in the province.
From this forced effort, the KPK then named Typhoon Obaja Putra Ginting or Typhoon Ginting as the Head of PUPR Office of North Sumatra Province as a suspect along with four other people. They are Effendi Siregar's Rasul as the Head of the Old Mountain UPTD of the North Sumatra Province PUPR Service concurrently the Commitment Making Officer (PPK); Heiyanto as PPK PJN Satker Region I North Sumatra Province; M. Akhirun Efendi Siregar as the President Director of PT DNG; and M. Rayhan Dulasmi Pilang as Director of PT RN.
Typhoon was in the spotlight because he was inaugurated as Head of PUPR on February 24 by the Governor of North Sumatra Bobby Nasution. He previously served as Head of the Public Works Service or the Department of Water Resources, Highways and Construction Development of Medan City and had sat as Acting Secretary of Medan City when the son-in-law of the 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia sat as Mayor of Medan.
The KPK revealed that there were six road construction projects with a budget of IDR 231.8 billion that were suspected of bribery. The details are as follows:
1. Preservation of Jalan Simpang Pinang-Gunung Tua-Simpang Pal XI 2023 (project value of Rp56.5 billion);2. Preservation of Jalan Simpang Kota Pinang- Gunung Tua-Simpang Pal XI 2024 (project value of Rp17.5 billion);3. Rehabilitation of Jalan Simpang Kota Pinang-Gunung Tua-Simpang Pal XI and handling of avalanches 2025;4. Preservation of Jalan Simpang Kota Pinang-Gunung Tua-Simpang Pal XI 2025;5. Construction of Jalan Sipiongoit boundary Labusel (project value of Rp96 billion); and 6. Construction of Jalan Hutaimbaru-Sipiongot (project value of Rp61.8 billion).
Meanwhile, Topan has been charged with accepting bribes related to the road project at the Medan Corruption Court. He is said to have received Rp50 million or 4 percent of the total road project worth Rp231.8 billion.
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