Investigation Of MBZ Toll Corruption Case, AGO Examines Former Director General Of The Ministry Of Transportation

Kapuspenkum AGO, Harli Siregar At The AGO Building, Jakarta, Thursday 19 July 2024 (Rizky AP/VOI)

The Attorney General's Office (AGO) is examining three witnesses in the investigation of the alleged corruption case of the construction of the Jakarta-Cikampek (Japek) II Toll Road to West Karawang or Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed (MBZ) Toll Road.

Of the three witnesses, one of them is the former Director General of the Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub).

"Investigating BS as Director General of Land Transportation of the Ministry of Transportation for the period 2017 to 2022," said Head of the AGO, Harli Siregar in his statement, Friday, October 4.

The other two witnesses who were also questioned were JS who is the chairman and member of the provisional handover assessment committee (Provisional Hard/PHO) in 2020 and HL as the Head of the Traffic Engineering Management Sub-Directorate of the Ministry of Transportation for the period 2018 to 2020.

It was not conveyed in detail what the investigators dug up from the three witnesses. It is only stated that their examination was carried out on Thursday, October 3.

The examination was carried out to further explore the involvement or role of the suspect Dono Parwoto, who is Waskita-Acset's operational cooperation (KSO) power.

"The witness examination was carried out to strengthen the evidence and complete the filing in the case," said Harli.

It is known that apart from Dono Parwoto, the AGO has named four other suspects, namely the President Director (Director) of Jasamarga Jalanlayang Cikampek (JJC) Djoko Dwijono, the Chairperson of the Auction Committee of PT JJC Yudhi Mahyudin, the Director of Operations of PT Bukaka Teknik Utama Sofiah Balfas, and former Expert Staff of the PT LAPI Ganeshatama Consulting Bridge, Tony Budianto Sihite.

They have undergone a judicial process. Where, the panel of judges sentenced them to 4 years in prison.