AKARTA - Minister of Transportation (Menhub) Budi Karya Sumadi was efficient after being questioned by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPk) as a witness in a bribery case for a rail project. Investigators examined him for 10 hours from 07.30 WIB.
"Today I have been present as a witness to alleged corruption from the railway," Budi told reporters at the ACLC KPK building, Rasuna Said, South Jakarta.
Minister of Transportation Budi said his presence was a form of support for the investigation of the case that ensnared his subordinates. "And thank you to the KPK hang for consistently carrying out (investigation, ed)," he said.
"God willing, the KPK and we will participate in eliminating corruption in Indonesia," continued Budi.
There was no further statement from Budi regarding his examination. He invited the KPK to provide an explanation.
"Other things related to the examination can be conveyed with an examiner," he said.
After completing his statement, Budi went straight to the waiting car. Likewise, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Transportation Novie Riyanto who followed from behind.
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The KPK previously named 10 suspects for alleged bribery related to the construction and maintenance of railway lines within the Directorate General of Railways of the Ministry of Transportation for Fiscal Year 2018-2022. Six recipients are the Director of Railway Infrastructure Harno Trimadi; Commitment Making Officer (PPK) of the Central Java Railway Engineering Center (BTP) Bernard Hasibuan; and Head of Central Java BTP Putu Sumarjaya.
Then there is also the PPK of the South Sulawesi Railway Management Center (BPKA) Achmad Affandi; PPK for Rail Infrastructure, Fadliansyah; and the West Java BTP (Jabagbar) PPK Syntheto Pirjani Hutabarat.
While the rest were bribe givers, namely the Director of PT Istana Putra Agung, Dion Renato Sugiarto; Director of PT Dwifarita Fajarkharisma, Muchamad Hikmat; Vice President of PT KA Manajemen Properti, Parjono; and former Director of PT KA Management Properti, Yoseph Ibrahim. The KPK suspects that six DJKA officials from the Ministry of Transportation have received bribes of Rp. 14.5 billion related to the railway line project in Indonesia.
There are four projects that are suspected of being the bancakan, namely, the project to build the Solo Balapan-Kadipiro-Kalioso Double railway line; a railway line construction project in Makassar, South Sulawesi; four railway construction projects and two supervision projects in Lampegan Cianjur, West Java; and a project to repair the Java-Sumatra level crossing.
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