Head Of PKP Musi Banyuasin Initials RG Named As Suspect In IPAL Development Corruption Case

The suspects were brought to the prisoner's car in the alleged corruption case of the Clean Water Processing Intalation (IPAL)/Photo: DOK ANTARA

PALEMBANG - Head of the Musi Banyuasin Housing and Settlement Area Office, South Sumatra with the initials RG was named a suspect in the alleged corruption of the construction project for a clean water treatment plant (IPAL) worth IDR 8.3 billion for the 2021 budget year by the investigating prosecutor of the Musi Banyuasin District Attorney. Head of the Legal Information Section of the South Sumatra High Prosecutor's Office, Vanny Yulia Eka Sari, said RG was named a suspect along with three other colleagues. The three respectively, namely N as the Commitment Making Officer (PPK) of the Musi Banyuasin Housing and Settlement Areas Office. Then, F as the contractor for the IPAL construction project and I is the project field implementing contractor. For RG and N, suspects were named after being questioned on Wednesday night as witnesses. Today, Thursday both of them have been detained at the Sekayu Class II B Prison,” he said in Palembang, Antara, Thursday, June 22. For F and I, they are still in the stage of summoning the investigation team of the Musi Banyuasin District Attorney so that no detention must have been carried out as a suspect. In this case, he explained, the four suspects were jointly suspected of committing irregularities in the implementation of the IPAL project with a capacity of 30 liters per second of the Complete Village network pipe, Babat Supat District, Musi Banyuasin. As for the results of the investigation, which was supported by the completeness of evidence and strengthened by witness testimony, the four suspects were suspected of not carrying out the construction of the installation of 105 KVA powered electric and transformer components for a specified period of time. In fact, he continued, the Housing and Settlement Areas Service had received a full budget for the project work of Rp. 8.3 billion from the local Regency Budget in 2021. The Inspectorate of Musi Banyuasin Regency reported that the irregularities allegedly committed by the four suspects had caused state financial losses of Rp. 1.440 billion.

For their actions, the suspects were charged with violating Article 2 Paragraph (1) Juncto Article 20 of 2001 concerning amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Corruption Crime Juncto Article 55 Paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code with the threat of imprisonment for 20 years.