JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said that Robby Kurniawan, as a former expert staff of Budi Karya Sumadi when he served as Minister of Transportation, made a refund.
KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo said the return of the money was made when investigators summoned Robby on Monday, May 18. He was questioned regarding the bribery case for the construction of a train line project by the Directorate General of Railways (DJKA).
"In the continuation of the investigation of the case related to DJKA, yesterday the investigators conducted an examination. Among others, for the seizure of the return of a certain amount of money that in the construction of this case was allegedly received by brother RK," Budi told reporters at the KPK's Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Tuesday, May 19.
Budi said the amount of money returned reached hundreds of millions of rupiah. Later, investigators will investigate where the money went.
Including, there is an allegation that the money flowed to Budi Karya Sumadi who served as the Minister of Transportation when this case occurred. "This is still something we will investigate," he said.
"Whether it stops at brother RB or RK only or then also flows to other parties. Of course this also still requires information from witnesses who we will call to explain about the receipt of the money," he continued.
The KPK has previously said that Robby Kurniawan is suspected of being a collector of bribes for the DJKA train line construction project. This statement was made after investigators examined Robby's staff, Bambang Irawan Dg. Irate Djamal as a witness on Wednesday, May 13.
The party suspected of giving money to Robby is said to be KPK, namely Sudewo who is a former member of Commission V of the Indonesian House of Representatives who has become a suspect.
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.
The determination of the suspect was made by the KPK after conducting a hand-in-hand operation (OTT) against Sudewo who served as the Regent of Pati.
In the process, the KPK also promised to investigate 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.
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