Director Of Operations To Be A Suspect Of Corruption, Waskita Karya Asked The Ministry Of SOEs To Immediately Find Change It Through An EGMS

Special Staff (Stafsus) of the Minister of SOEs Arya Sinulingga. (Photo: Mery Handayani/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Attorney General's Office has officially named the Director of Operations II of PT Waskita Karya (Persero) Tbk Bambang Rianto as a suspect in a suspected corruption case. Following up on this, the Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) will soon look for a replacement to occupy the position left by Bambang. Bambang Rianto himself stumbled upon a case of alleged corruption in the use of several banks financing facilities by Waskita Karya k and PT Waskita Beton Precast Tbk Special Staff (Stafsus) Minister of SOEs Arya Sinulingga said that soon there would be an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (EGMSLB) conducted by Waskita Karya to determine Bambang's replacement. "It's certain (it will be kicked out from the company again, for sure. If we encourage it," he told reporters, at the Ministry of BUMN Building, Tuesday, December 6.

Arya said that this is part of the clean-up of SOEs. He also said that there was no burden with the determination of Bambang Rianto as a suspect. Furthermore, Arya revealed that the Ministry of SOEs is indeed actively collaborating with the Attorney General's Office to uncover corruption cases in state-owned companies, including in Waskita Karya. "Yes, we just keep pushing, people are part of cleaning up SOEs. There is also no burden for us, the case is also old cases," he said. On this occasion, Arya also mentioned the issue of slashing the holding. He said, by forming a holding, the Ministry of SOEs can get data from each company. In the end, the data can reveal the problems in each company. "We all clean up. You don't know, holding is also open, when we hold all the finances, here, everything is opened, everyone is found out, we finally know which one is good or not, whether there is a game or not," he said.