KPK Submits Files For Suspected Bribery Of Former Tulungagung Regent

Suspect Tigor Prakasa (orange vest) at the KPK Building, Jakarta, Friday (11/3/2022). (ANTARA/HO-Public Relations KPK)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has submitted the file of suspect Tigor Prakasa (TP) and evidence related to the alleged corruption case involving former Tulungagung Regent Syahri Mulyo to the prosecution for immediate trial.

"Today, Phase II (submission of suspects and evidence) for suspected TP from the investigation team to the JPU team (public prosecutor) has been carried out, because the results of the examination of the case files have been declared to meet the requirements for completeness of the case files," said Plt. KPK spokesman Ali Fikri was quoted by Antara, Monday, May 9.

Tigor is a suspect in the bribery case of former Syahri Mulyo in the alleged corruption case of a work project at the Tulungagung Regency Government, East Java.

Ali said that Tigor's detention would still continue under the authority of the prosecutor's team for the next 20 days, starting from Monday to Saturday (28/5) in Lot C1 of the KPK Rutan, at the KPK Anti-Corruption Education Center Building, Jakarta.

"The prosecutor's team will immediately draw up an indictment and submit the case file together with the indictment within 14 working days to the Corruption Court," he added.

The KPK named Tigor a suspect on Friday (11/3). The case that ensnared Tigor was a development of the arrests in 2018, where the KPK had previously named four people as suspects, namely Syahri Mulyo (SM), the former Head of PUPR District of Tulungagung Sutrisno (SUT), and two private parties namely Agung Prayitno ( AP) and Susilo Prabowo (SP).

In the construction of the case, the KPK explained that Tigor, as Director of PT Kediri Putra (KP), is one of the contractors who has worked on various projects at the Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Office of the Tulungagung Regency Government.

To be able to win and work on several projects in the Tulungagung Regency Government, the KPK suspects that Tigor has taken a special approach to several parties in the Tulungagung Regency Government. Meanwhile, one of the parties who was able to fulfill Tigor's wish was Syahri Mulyo.

As a form of commitment to the appointment of Tigor in several projects in the area, Tigor is suspected of giving a sum of money as project fees to Syahri Mulyo. The fee has a value that varies according to the value of the work contract.

The KPK revealed that the project fee was allegedly agreed upon, both before and after the project was carried out. Some of the projects carried out by Tigor were in 2016 valued at Rp. 64 billion with a fee of around Rp. 8.6 billion, in 2017 it was worth Rp. 26 billion with a fee of around Rp. 3.9 billion, and in 2018 it was worth Rp. 24 billion with a fee of around Rp. 2 billion.

Tigor is suspected of violating Article 5 paragraph (1) letter a or Article 5 paragraph (1) letter b or Article 13 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption, as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001.