KPK: Papua's Special Autonomy Budget Not Felt By The People As A Result Of Being Used By Officials For Party

DOC ANTARA

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) revealed that there is a habit of orgies that officials in Papua allegedly commit. They use money from the central government, such as special autonomy funds (otsus) so that local residents do not feel the benefits.

"Statistical data regarding this show to the public that this is indeed what happened when the regional elite used central transfer funds to have fun," said KPK chairman Firli Bahuri in a written statement, quoted Monday, January 16.

Firli said that the special autonomy funds distributed by the central government to Papua were large. However, people still complain they cannot feel the benefits.

Based on this complaint, the KPK then moved. Including handling cases of alleged bribery and gratuities that ensnared the non-active Governor of Papua, Lukas Enembe.

"KPK has stopped this orgy from being carried out by anyone at any time," he said.

Firli ensured that the KPK pays attention to the people of Papua. Corruption eradication, he said, would be carried out while maintaining security.

The KPK does not want their efforts to investigate alleged corruption to lead to horizontal conflict. Firli gave an example, when dealing with allegations of bribery and gratuities that ensnared Lukas Enembe, the anti-corruption commission continued to prioritize professionalism and uphold human rights.

That way, even though many parties are heating up the atmosphere, a conducive situation is maintained in Papua. "On the way, we are really careful," he said.

Firli ensures that anyone who is corrupt on Earth of Cendrawasih will be chased. KPK will not forgive because they must be held accountable for their actions.

"Anyone who violates the law and commits corruption will be pursued by the KPK wherever and whenever," said the former KPK Deputy for Enforcement.

Previously, Lukas was detained after being named a suspect in alleged bribery and gratuities for project procurement at the Papua Provincial Government. In this case, he is suspected of receiving money from the director of PT Tabi Bangun Papua, Rijantono Lakka, so that the company can get a project.

Apart from Lukas, it is suspected that this collusion was also carried out with officials at the Papua Provincial Government. The agreement between them is to provide a fee of 14 percent of the contract value. Fees must be net of tax deductions.

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

Rehabilitation of supporting facilities and infrastructure for Integration PAUD with a project value of IDR 13.3 billion. Finally, the venue environmental management project is developing the AURI outdoor with a project value of IDR 12.9 billion.

After the project was won, Rijantono handed over IDR 1 billion to Lukas. In addition, Lukas is also suspected of receiving gratuities of up to billions of rupiah.