Expert Staff Of The Minister Of Transportation Examined By The KPK Becomes A Corruption Witness At DJKA

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The KPK examines the Expert Staff of the Minister of Transportation Robby Kurniawan as a witness related to the alleged corruption case in the construction and repair of railroads within the Directorate General of Railways (DJKA) in 2021-2022.

"The examination was carried out by the South Jakarta KPK's Merah Putih building, on behalf of Robby Kurniawan as ASN at the Ministry of Transportation and Expert Staff of the Minister of Transportation," said Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, July 4.

In addition, the KPK also examined a state civil apparatus (ASN) at the Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) named Dewi Suci and a private party named Thalita Azalia Pangestu.

Ali explained that the three were examined as witnesses for the suspect Director of PT IPA (Istana Putra Agung) Dion Renato Sugiarto (DIN).

The KPK previously conducted a Hand Catch Operation (OTT) related to allegations of corruption at the Class I Railway Engineering Center for the Central Java Region of the Directorate General of Railways (DJKA).

The KPK then named 10 suspects who were immediately detained in connection with the alleged corruption case of rail construction and repair projects in Java, Sumatra and Sulawesi.

The suspects consisted of four parties suspected of giving bribes, namely the Director of PT IPA (Istana Putra Agung) Dion Renato Sugiarto (DIN), Director of PT DF (Dwifarita Fajarkharisma) Muchamad Hikmat (MUH), Director of PT KA Management Properti until February 2023 Yoseph Ibrahim (YOS) and VP of PT KA Management Properti Parjono (PAR).

Meanwhile, six other suspects were suspected of receiving bribes, namely the Director of Railway Infrastructure Harno Trimadi (HNO), Head of the Central Java Railway Engineering Center (BTP) Putu Sumarjaya, Commitment Making Officer (PPK) BTP Central Java Bernard Hasibuan (BEN), PPK BPKA South Sulawesi Achmad Affandi (AFF), PPK Fadliansyah Railway Infrastructure (FAD), and PPK BTP West Java Synto Pirjani Hutabarat (SYN).

Disclosure of cases of alleged corruption in the construction and repair of railroads is suspected to occur in the 2021-2022 Fiscal Year in the following project:

1. Solo Balapan-Kadipiro-Kalioso Double Railroad Construction Project.

2. Railway Construction Project in Makassar, South Sulawesi.

3. Four Railway construction projects and two supervision projects in Lampegan Cianjur, West Java.

4. Java-Sumatra Crossing Repair Project.

In the construction and maintenance of the project, it is suspected that there has been a regulation of the winner of the project implementing by certain parties through engineering from the administrative process to determining the winner of the tender.

The range of bribes received is about 5-10 percent of the project value with an estimated bribery value received by the six suspects reaching around Rp. 14.5 billion.