PLN Denies That Its Employees Are Examined By The KPK, But The Truth Is That It Is A Third Party Worker

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AMBON - The State Electricity Company (PLN) denied that its employees were being investigated by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) regarding the South Buru bribery case, during an investigation at the Mako Brimobda unit of the Maluku Police, in Tantui, Ambon City, Maluku.

"So the person in question is a third party employee employed at PLN," said Communications and Environmental Social Responsibility Manager Hairul Hatala as reported by Antara, Friday, March 11.

He emphasized that PLN itself has many programs, one of which is the Anti-Bribery Management System Program (Smap).

“For our own employees, we have been provided with many systems that can be fortified. We also often report wealth or income per month or per year. Only for these third party workers, it is beyond our reach and beyond our control," he said.

He hopes that his employees will never fall into matters related to bribery.

"God willing, PLN employees, let alone get hit, even approaching things like that, God willing, they won't," said Hairul.

Previously, based on the results of the KPK report, 10 witnesses have now been questioned at the Maluku Police Mobile Brigade Headquarters, one of which is an employee of PLN Namrole named La Amin.

In the investigation into the bribery case for the infrastructure project in South Buru Regency, the Deputy Regent of South Buru Gerson Eliezer Selsily and 12 other people were examined as witnesses.

The KPK has named three suspects in cases of alleged bribery, gratification and money laundering (TPPU) related to the procurement of goods and services in South Buru Regency in 2011-2016 on Wednesday (26/1).

They are Tagop Sudarsono Soulisa (TSS), the former Regent of South Buru, and Johny Rynhard Kasman (JRK) from the private sector as the bribe recipient, and Ivana Kwelju (IK) from the private sector as the bribe giver.

In the construction of the case, Tagop, who served as the Regent of South Buru for the period 2011-2016 and 2016-2021, allegedly paid more attention to various projects of the Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) of South Buru Regency, even from the start of his tenure.

It is suspected that from the determination of the partners, Tagop asked for a sum of money in the form of a fee of 7 to 10 percent of the value of the work contract.

Especially for projects from special allocation funds, the fee is set at around 7 to 10 percent and is added 8 percent from the value of the work contract.

The projects are the construction of roads in Namrole City in 2015 with a project value of IDR 3.1 billion, road improvements in Namrole City (hotmix) with a project value of IDR 14.2 billion, road improvements in the Wamsisi-Sp Namrole Modan Mohe (hotmix) segment with a project value of IDR 3.1 billion. Rp. 14.2 billion, as well as the improvement of the Waemulang-Biloro section with a project value of Rp. 21.4 billion.