KPK And Auditors Visit NTB Physical Check For PT Waskita Karya's Rice Tsunami Shelter

KPK spokesman Tessa Mahardika (DOK Wardhany Tsa Tsia/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said that a team had left for West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) to directly check the temporary evacuation site (TES) or tsunami shelter. This step was taken to investigate the alleged corruption that occurred. "Today, investigators and BPKP auditors conducted physical checks at the tsunami shelter," said KPK spokesman Tessa Mahardika to reporters at the KPK's Red and White House, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Thursday, August 8. This check, continued Tessa, aims to complete the calculation of state losses. "For the results, we will update it institutionally when it's finished," he said. A team that calculates state losses related to whether the goods or materials are in accordance with what is being done, according to what is in the contract, is considered by the auditor, ” continued the spokesman with the investigator's background. Previously reported, the KPK is investigating allegations of corruption in the construction of a temporary evacuation site (TES) or tsunami shelter in NTB. There are two people who have been named as suspects, details of one is a state administrator and another comes from a state-owned company. It was stated that the construction was carried out by the Building and Environmental Planning Task Force, the Implementation Activities for Building and Environmental Planning (PBL) of West Nusa Tenggara Province, Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing in 2014. The investigation into the alleged corruption has been carried out since 2023.

The budget for the construction of shelters, which ends up being corrupted, comes from the Ministry of PUPR and PT Waskita Karya (Persero) to become contractors. The alleged mode is to reduce the quality of development. The project cost a budget of up to IDR 20 billion. Meanwhile, the state's loss is approximately IDR 19 billion and can still increase because the calculation is still being carried out.