The Development of the BJB Corruption Case by the KPK is Allegedly Leading to Ridwan Kamil

Ridwan Kamil/DOK VOI

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) hinted that former West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil was dragged into the whirlpool of the corruption case in the procurement of advertisements at PT Bank Pembangunan Daerah Jawa Barat dan Banten Tbk or BJB (BJBR).

This was conveyed by the acting (Plt) Director of KPK Investigation Achmad Taufik Husein who initially alluded to the fact that a number of evidence had been seized from Ridwan Kamil. So, he said that investigators had sniffed out the involvement of other parties in this case.

As a reminder, at the beginning of the investigation of the BJB case, investigators had confiscated a Royal Enfield motorcycle at Ridwan Kamil's house and a Mercedes Benz 'Gullwing' 300SL car from a workshop in the Bandung area. These vehicles are suspected of being purchased using non-budgeter funds managed by the BJB Corporate Secretary division.

The non-budgeter funds were obtained from the agency company which was appointed directly to manage the procurement of advertisements.

"That the results of the searches have found documents and evidence that indeed there are indications of the involvement of other parties. This means that these are also known events that violate the law that occurred at BJB, which are also known by other parties," Taufik told reporters, quoted Tuesday, August 11.

Even so, Taufik asked all parties to wait for the development of allegations of corruption in the procurement of advertisements at BJB. But he said that the opportunity to call Ridwan Kamil was open in the investigation process after the arrest of four suspects in this case.

"Whether after this a summons will be made, yes, of course the needs of the investigation team to complete the files are like what," he said.

"When it is indeed necessary for development, of course, we will carry out the development process in the investigation which is currently underway," continued Taufik.

As previously reported, the KPK has detained four suspects of alleged corruption in the procurement of advertisements at PT Bank Pembangunan Daerah Jawa Barat dan Banten Tbk or Bank BJB (BJBR). They are Widi Hartoto as the Head of the Change Management Office Division of Bank BJB as well as the former Head of the Corporate Secretary Division of Bank BJB 2020-2024; Ikin Asikin Dulmanan as the Director of PT Cakrawala Kreasi Mandiri & Owner of PT Antedja Muliatama (AM); Suhendrik as the Director of PT Wahana Semesta Bandung Express; and Elang Sophan Jaya Kusuma as Commissioner of PT Cipta Karya Sukses Bersama.

Meanwhile, Yuddy Renaldi as President Director of PT Bank BJB from 2019 to March 2025 has not been detained. He admitted that he was sick so he asked for a rescheduling.

In this case, the KPK said the suspects were suspected of causing losses to state finances of IDR 223.6 billion due to the difference in advertising payments to six advertising agencies. They also committed the first violation in relation to the provisional estimated price (HPS) which was determined to be not the value of the advertising procurement project but the percentage of the agency fee.

BJB's Corsec Division is also said to have made a Memo Request for Procurement of Agency Services to the General Division containing recommendations for three candidate providers by directing them to one of the service providers.

Then, the BJB Corsec Division made technical evaluation requirements after the submission of bids to win a certain provider. In fact, this is not allowed because the procurement requirements of agency services must be informed before the submission of bids.

Furthermore, the BJB Corsec Division also ordered the Procurement Committee not to verify the supplier's documents. This order is said to violate the rules.

As a result of their actions, the suspects were suspected of violating the provisions of Article 2 paragraph (1) or Article 3 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes Jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.