KPK Says 150 Cars From The Papua Provincial Government Service Are Still Controlled By Former Officials

Chairman of the Supervision Coordination Task Force for Region V KPK Dian Patria (ANTARA/Qadri Pratiwi)

JAYAPURA - Komis Pemberantasan Korupsi (KPK) said that around 150 vehicles of the Papua Provincial Government (Pemprov) official car were still controlled by former local officials. Until now, the KPK continues to look for the existence of these items to control assets. Chairman of the Supervision Coordination Task Force for Region V KPK, Dian Patria, said that tracing of the 150 vehicles would be a concern of the KPK. “ Out of 150 vehicles, 24 vehicles are controlled by former Papuan House of Representatives members, while the rest is in the hands of a former executive official,” he said in Jayapura, as reported by Antara, Monday, May 20. According to Dian, there are no rules that explain that official vehicles can be owned because they get the governor's position or conduct their own auction. “Yang bisa melakukan lelang sendiri di tingkat provinsi yakni gubernur, wakil gubernur dan sekreda. Kemudian tingkat kabupaten yakni bupati dan wakil bupati begitu juga dengan kota, sisanya tidak bisa maka wajib dikembalikan,”ujarnya. He explained that apart from cars, there were other Papuan Provincial Government non-moved assets that were misused. "KPK will continue to provide assistance for the Papua Provincial Government to curb these assets," he said. He added that the control of vehicles and official houses belonging to the local government used by former officials is quite large, so it is necessary to control them. "There are various modes that are carried out so as not to be returned at retirement, for example lost, buying and selling, heavily damaged, used outside the city and brought when mutation or moving and there is also ownership in personal name," he said.

For your information, previously, the Secretariat of the Papua DPR (DPRP) returned 90 vehicles of the Papua Provincial Government's assets on Wednesday (15/5) after the assistance from the KPK.