5 Former Waskita Officials Will Be Tried Immediately Regarding Corruption Case Of Fictional Contractors

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JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) submitted evidence and five suspects in a corruption case related to the implementation of fictitious subcontractors on projects carried out by PT Waskita Karya to prosecution so that they can be tried immediately.

"Today, after the case files are declared complete (P21), then investigators carry out phase II of the submission of the suspect and evidence to the Prosecutor (Public Prosecutor) in a corruption case related to the implementation of fictitious subcontractors on projects carried out by PT Waskita Karya," said Plt KPK spokesman Ali Fikri in his statement in Jakarta, reported by Antara, Thursday, November 19.

Five suspects, namely former Head of Division II of PT Waskita Karya for the period 2011-2013 Fathor Rachman (FR) and former Head of Projects and Head of Control Section at Division III / Civil / II PT Waskita Karya Fakih Usman (FU).

Then the former Head of Division III / Civil / II PT Waskita Karya Desi Arryani (DSA), former Head of Control Section at Division III / Civil / II PT Waskita Karya Jarot Subana (JS), and former Head of Finance and Risk Division II PT Waskita Karya 2010-2014 period Yuly Ariandi Siregar (YAS).

The detention of the five people then became the JPU's authority for 20 days from 19 November 2020 to 8 December 2020. The detention place was in the same detention center when the investigators first detained them.

"Within 14 working days, the prosecutor will prepare an indictment and immediately submit it to the Corruption Court. The trial will be held at the Corruption Court in Jakarta," said Ali.

In addition, he said, during the investigation process 215 witnesses had been examined for the five people, including a number of officials from internal parties at PT Waskita Karya and the private sector.

The five suspects were suspected of having jointly committed a criminal act of corruption related to the implementation of subcontractor work that was allegedly fictitious on projects carried out by Division III / Civil / II PT Waskita Karya from 2009 to 2015.

During the 2009-2015 period, there were at least 41 fictitious subcontractor work contracts on 14 projects undertaken by Division III / Civil / II PT Waskita Karya.

Meanwhile, the subcontractor companies used to carry out the fictitious work are PT Safa Sejahtera Abadi, CV Dwiyasa Tri Mandiri, PT MER Engineering, and PT Aryana Sejahtera.

Based on the Investigative Audit Result Report in the framework of calculating state financial losses from the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK), the total state financial losses arising from the allegedly fictitious subcontractor work implementation amounted to IDR 202 billion

For their actions, the suspects are suspected of violating Article 2 paragraph (1) or Article 3 of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Eradication of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1 in conjunction with Article 65 paragraph (1) KUHP.