Prosecutor's Office Confiscates IDR 22.5 Billion In Corruption Cases In South Sumatra LRT 2016-2020

The South Sumatra Prosecutor's Office handed over evidence of the South Sumatra LRT corruption case worth Rp. 22.5 billion. (ANTARA)

The South Sumatra High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) handed over evidence and four suspects in the South Sumatra light rail transit (LRT) corruption case for the 2016-2020 fiscal year. State losses in this case are estimated at IDR 1.3 trillion.

Assistant for Special Crimes (Aspidsus) of the South Sumatra Prosecutor's Office, Umaryadi, said that the evidence confiscated in this case as much as Rp. 22,591,320,000 had been transferred to the Palembang District Attorney (Kejari).

"Evidence as much as Rp22,591,320,000 was transferred to the Palembang District Attorney's Office, South Sumatra. The evidence was deposited with a bank with a non-interesting account for follow-up use as evidence in court," he said during a press conference in Palembang, Thursday, November 28, which was confiscated by Antara.

He added that this case is still in the planning stage and has not yet entered the implementation stage and will continue to be investigated.

Previously, the South Sumatra Prosecutor's Office named four suspects in the corruption case of working on the construction of a light train infrastructure or South Sumatra LRT for the 2016-2020 budget year worth IDR 1.3 trillion.

The four suspects are the Director of PT Perentjana Djaya, Bambang Hariyadi Wikanta; Head of Division II PT Waskita Karya (Persero) Tbk, Tukijo; Head of Building Division II PT Waskita Karya (Persero) Tbk, Ignatius Joko Herwanto; and Head of Building Division III PT Waskita Karya (Persero) Tbk, Septiawan Andri Purwanto.