The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Has Extended The Detention Of PT Adimulia Agrolestari's Boss For HGU's Bribe

Frank Wijaya (FW), a suspect in the alleged HGU bribery case at the Riau Province BPN Regional Office. (Between-Reno)

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has extended the detention period of Frank Wijaya (FW), a suspect in a bribery case related to the processing and extension of business rights (HGU) at the Regional Office (Kanwil) of the National Land Agency (BPN) Riau Province.

Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri said the suspect FW from the private sector/shareholder of PT Adimulia Agrolestari (AA) was again detained for the next 40 days.

"Still in the context of collecting evidence, the investigative team has extended the detention period for suspect FW for the next 40 days, starting from November 16, 2022 to December 25, 2022 at the South Jakarta Police Detention Center," said Fikri in Jakarta, Thursday, November 17.

In this case, FW together with General Manager of PT AA, Sudarso (SDR), are suspects for giving bribes. Meanwhile, the suspect in the recipient is the former Head of the Riau Province BPN Regional Office, M. Syahrir (MS).

"The investigative team is currently still collecting evidence, including by continuing to schedule the summons of witnesses who can explain allegations of giving and receiving for the suspect MS and his friends," said Ali.

In the construction of the case, the KPK said FW as a shareholder of PT AA ordered and assigned SDR to administer and extend the HGU certificate of PT AA which will soon expire in 2024.

Furthermore, SDR contacted and met several times with MS who discussed the extension of PT AA's HGU.

In August 2021, SDR prepared all administrative documents for the management of the PT AA HGU covering an area of 3,300 hectares in Kuantan Singingi Regency (Kuansing), one of which was also addressed to the Riau Province BPN Regional Office.

SDR then met MS at his official residence and at the meeting it was suspected that MS had a request for money of around Rp3.5 billion in Singapore dollars with a 40 percent-60 percent share as a down payment and MS promised to immediately speed up the process of managing PT AA's HGU.

From the meeting, SDR then reported MS's request to FW. SDR then submitted a request for USD 120,000 (equivalent to IDR 1.2 billion) to PT AA's cash and was approved by FW.

In September 2021, at MS's request, the handover of $120,000 from SDR was carried out at MS and MS's official residences and also required that SDR not carry any communication tools.

After receiving the money, MS then led the exposure to the request for an extension of the HGU of PT AA and stated that the proposed extension could be followed up with a recommendation letter from Andi Putra as the Regent of Kuansing stating that there was no objection to the existence of a community garden being built in Kampar Regency, Riau.

On MS's recommendation, FW then ordered and re-assigned SDR to submit a letter of application to Andi Putra and requested that the PT AA partnership garden in Kampar be approved as a partnership garden.

Next, a meeting was held between SDR and AP and at the meeting Andi Putra said that the habit of taking care of approval letters and statements of no objection to 20 percent of the Prima Member Cooperative Credit (KKPA) for the extension of the HGU that should have been built in Kuansing Regency required a minimum of IDR 2 billion.

The KPK suspects that there has been an agreement between AP and SDR and this is also to the knowledge of FW regarding the giving of money in this amount.

Sebagai tanda kesepakatan, pada September 2021 diduga telah dilakukan pemberian pertama oleh SDR kepada AP uang sebesar Rp500 juta. Berikut pada 18 Oktober 2021, SDR diduga kembali menyerahkan kepada AP dengan menyerahkan uang sekitar Rp200 juta.