The Corruption Eradication Commission Examines 6 Witnesses Of Alleged Corruption In Land Acquisition In Anies Baswedan's IDR 0 House Down Payment Project

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JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has begun summoning a number of parties as witnesses of alleged corruption in land acquisition in Munjul, Pondok Ranggon Urban Village, Cipayung, East Jakarta.

There were 6 witnesses who were worked on by the KPK for the land allocated for the construction of the IDR 0 house Down Payment program which was proclaimed by the Governor of DKI Jakarta, Anies Baswedan.

The witnesses are Fransiska Sri Kustini CB or Sr. Franka CB who is the Economist Treasurer of the Congregation for the CB Sisters of the Province of Indonesia; Manager of Procurement Services Unit for Perumda Pembangunan Sarama Jaya 2017 to October 2020 Rachmat Taufik; and Senior Manager of the Perumda Pembangunan Sarana Jaya Business Division from 2019 to 2020 Slamet Riyanto.

Apart from that, investigators also examined the land broker, Minan bin Mamad; Junior Manager Sub Division Accounting and Budget Sarana Jaya Asep Firdaus Risnandar; and Junior Manager of the Land Division of Perumda Pembangunan Sarana Jaya I Gede Aldi Pradana.

"Located at the Red and White Corruption Eradication Commission Building, the KPK investigating team is scheduled to examine witnesses", said the KPK spokesperson for prosecution Ali Fikri in a written statement, Wednesday, March 10.

It is not yet known the material for the examination that will be asked of the witnesses. However, these six people are suspected of knowing about the alleged corruption case.

As previously reported, the KPK confirmed that it was conducting an investigation into the alleged corruption case of land purchase for the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government's IDR 0 Down Payment Program by DKI Jakarta Regional-owned Enterprises (BUMDs).

After that, DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan, who had heard this news since Friday, March 5, immediately deactivated Yoory Pinontoan from the position of President Director of Perumda Pembangunan Sarana Jaya.

"The governor at that time immediately made a decision to deactivate Yoory. In this case, Yoory will follow the legal process by adhering to the presumption of innocence", said the Acting Head of Regional Owned Enterprise Development Agency (BP BUMD) for DKI Jakarta Province, Riyadi.

Regarding the decision made by Anies, Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria said that his party did this to give Yoory Corneles Pinontoan an opportunity to defend himself in his legal case.

Riza wants to apply the presumption of innocence and give Yoory the opportunity to reveal information with the existing facts and data. Riza also respects the investigation into the alleged corruption case being investigated by the KPK.

"Let us respect the process of all this, anyone's law enforcement later. We will see the results according to the facts on the data in the field based on the results of investigations from the KPK", said Riza.