West Kalimantan Attorney General's Office Holds 5 Billions Of Rupiah Suspects Of Corruption In Road Construction In Ketapang

Suspect of road construction corruption in Ketapang West Kalimantan (Photo via ANTARA)

PONTIANAK - The West Kalimantan High Prosecutor's Office has arrested five suspects on suspicion of a corruption case (Tipikor) for road construction in Ketapang Regency.

"The five suspects detained in different cases, we officially detain today for the next 20 days," said Kajati Kalbar, Mashudi in Pontianak, quoted by Antara, Monday, February 15.

For the first case, his party detained three suspects, namely the case for the construction of Jalan Balai Bekuak, Ketapang Regency for the 2017 fiscal year. The budget is IDR 9.4 billion with state financial losses of IDR 1.8 billion.

"In this case we saved the state money amounting to Rp360 million which was deposited in Bank Mandiri. Which will later be deposited in court or the term is replacement money," said Mashudi.

In this case the first suspect, namely EK (Commitment Making Officer) from the Public Works and Spatial Planning Office of Ketapang Regency, then AM (Director of PT Sumisu or organizer), and HM (Supervisory Consultant).

"This case started with a public report which was then followed up and supported by a team of experts from the Bandung Polytechnic," he said.

Mashudi explained that the investigation began at the end of 2019. Now the Attorney General has the task of completing the case files.

"We finish the case as soon as possible, so that the suspects can have legal certainty or the case does not 'hang'," he said.

The mode of corruption allegation committed by the three suspects was that the work or specifications were not in accordance with the contract.

Whereas the second case, namely the work on the improvement of the Simpang Road in Ketapang Regency by the Public Works and Spatial Planning Office of Ketapang Regency for the 2017 fiscal year with a total budget of IDR 11 billion with a financial state loss of IDR 236 million. From

"Starting today, the suspects will be detained for the next 20 days, then the investigator will complete the investigation process until the filing process, when it is complete, it can be brought to court as soon as possible," he said.

The three suspects in this case, namely each with the initials M, ES and HM. The suspect was charged under the Corruption Eradication Law.