KPK Will Coordinate With The Attorney General's Office After Surya Darmadi Is Detained

Deputy Chairperson of the KPK Nurul Ghufron/PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will coordinate with the Attorney General's Office to investigate the owner of PT Duta Palma Group, Surya Darmadi.

This step was taken after this businessman was detained for the first 20 days after surrendering himself to the Adhyaksa Corps. At the KPK, Surya Darmadi became a suspect in the bribery of former Riau Governor Annas Ma'amun.

"We will first coordinate to what extent it is possible (the investigation, red). What is clear, when the Attorney General's Office is handling this, they, the Attorney General's friends are also coordinating with us," said Deputy Chairperson of the KPK Nurul Ghufron to reporters at the KPK's Red and White building. , Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Monday, August 15.

Ghufron ensured that the case against Surya would be thoroughly investigated. Although Surya has been detained by the Attorney General's Office, the allegations of bribery at the KPK are still ongoing.

Moreover, the KPK, continued Ghufron, has often handled overlapping cases.

"In several other cases, in cases where the KPK was arrested and then asked for information by the investigators from the National Police and the Attorney General's Office, we are always open to providing opportunities," he said.

"Like the case of land acquisition in Sarana Jaya, yes, that's right. At Police Headquarters it is being carried out, we also give the opportunity to access the concerned person," continued Ghufron.

Previously, the Attorney General's Office named Surya Darmadi as the owner of PT Duta Palma Group as a suspect in alleged corruption in the seizure of 37,095 hectares of land in Riau. He was named along with another suspect, Raja Thamsir Rahman who is a former regent of Indragiri Hulu.

After the determination of the suspect, Surya was summoned by the Attorney General's Office three times. However, he was absent because he was abroad.

Surya Darmadi then arrived in Indonesia today. He boarded a China Airlines flight CI 761 on the Taipei route to Soekarno-Hatta Airport, Cengkareng.

Upon arrival in Indonesia, Surya and his legal counsel went straight to the Attorney General's Office Building. After turning himself in, he was detained for the next 20 days.