3 People Prevented From Going Abroad Regarding Allegations Of Corruption In Lieu Of The Bukit Asam PLTU Parts

Head of KPK News Section Ali Fikri (Photo: Wardhany T/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has asked the Directorate General of Immigration at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham) to prevent three people from leaving the country. This forced effort is related to the investigation into alleged corruption in the replacement of PLTU Bukit Asam spare parts of PT PLN (Persero) the South Sumatra Generation Main Unit. "The prevented parties are two officials at PT PLN (Persero) and one private party," said Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri to reporters at the KPK's Red and White House, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Tuesday, March 19. Ali has not detailed about the three people who were prevented. However, based on the information gathered, they are Bambang Anggono who is the General Manager of PT PLN (Persero) South Sumatra Generation Main Unit; PT PLN (Persero) Engineering Manager of the South Sumatra Generation Main Unit, Budi Widi Asmoro; and mine Indrajaya who is the Director of PT Truba Engineering Indonesia. "This “Cegah is for the first six months," he said. Ali said this prevention could be extended again according to the needs of investigators. The prevented parties are expected to fulfill the summons when scheduled. There is no longer any reason for them to be absent from investigators. “ Cooperative action of the parties in question is needed in order to expedite the investigation process, "” said Ali.

Previously reported, the anti-corruption commission is investigating allegations of corruption in the backfit work of the sootblowing system at the Bukit Asam PLTU. This project is a replacement process for spare parts that aims to produce steam. There are allegations that there has been an engineering of the value of the procurement budget, including the winner of the auction. As a result, the state then lost billions of rupiah due to this fraudulent practice.