For The Sake Of Justice And Legal Equation, The KPK Must Immediately Hold Lukas Enembe

Papua Governor Lukas Enembe (doc Papua Provincial Government)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) was asked to immediately detain Papua Governor Lukas Enembe. The suspect in the alleged bribery and gratification should be able to immediately account for his actions.

"It must be for the sake of justice and legal equality and not selectively selective, the KPK must immediately arrest and detain Lukas Enembe," said Coordinator of the Indonesian Anti-Corruption Society (MAKI) Boyamin Saiman in a written statement quoted on Saturday, January 7.

MAKI highlighted Lukas who was able to carry out his duties as Governor of Papua, one of which inaugurated the government building on Earth of Cendrawasih.

Boyamin said, the KPK should immediately take firm steps to arrest Lukas. He said the reason for preventing horizontal conflicts should not be the basis for delaying detention.

"The state must not lose to corruption suspects," he said.

"In fact, by not being detained, people who are against LE become annoyed with the KPK," Boyamin continued.

Lukas Enembe has been announced as a suspect by the KPK along with the determination and detention of the Director of PT Tabi Bangun Papua, Rijantono Lakka. However, the regional head has not been detained because he admits he is sick.

In this case, it is suspected that Rijantono could get a project because he colluded with several officials and Lukas Enembe before the project auction started. Communication is believed to be accompanied by the provision of bribes.

The agreement in the partnership between Rijantono, Lukas and other officials in Papua is to provide a fee of 14 percent of the contract value. Fee must be free from tax reduction.

At least, there are three projects that Rijantono got for this evil consensus. The first is the improvement of the Entro-Hamadi Road with a project value of Rp. 14.8 billion.

Then, the rehabilitation of facilities and infrastructure supporting PAUD Integration with a project value of IDR 13.3 billion. Finally, the venue environmental planning project developed outdoor AURI with a project value of IDR 12.9 billion.

After the project was won, Rijantono handed over Rp1 billion to Lukas. In addition, Lukas is also suspected of receiving gratuities of up to billions of rupiah.