Head Of The DKI SDA Department Is Examined By The Attorney General Regarding Alleged Heavy Equipment Corruption

Head of Water Resources Department (SDA) Yusmada Faizal (Diah Ayu Wardani/VOI)

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta High Prosecutor's Office issued a summons to the Head of the Water Resources (SDA) Department, Yusmada Faizal, to ask for information regarding the allegation of heavy equipment corruption.

This corruption case allegedly occurred when Yusmada served as Head of the DKI Jakarta Highways Agency in 2015. This was confirmed by Ashari Syam, Head of the Legal Information Section of the DKI Jakarta High Court.

"That's right, YF (Yusmada Faizal) was asked for information on the stage of the investigation when he was the Head of Bina Marga as PA (budget user)," said Ashari when confirmed, Friday, April 30.

In the letter, it was explained that Yusmada underwent an examination on Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Yusmada was asked to provide information as well as bring documents related to the alleged corruption in the procurement of heavy equipment to support road repairs at the UPT Equipment and Supplies at the DKI Jakarta Bina Marga Office. fiscal year 2015.

Ashari did not explain the results of Yusmada's investigation. Because, according to him, the examination material is the authority of the investigator. Regarding the follow-up examination, Ashari was also not sure.

"It depends on the investigator, if for example the statement is still needed, it will definitely be called again. But what is clear is that I do not know because it depends on the facts revealed," he said.

For information, the investigation into the alleged heavy equipment corruption is based on the findings of the Jakarta BPK Representative Office for the 2016 fiscal year within the DKI Jakarta Bina Marga Office. At that time, the UPT Alkal Bina Marga Office procured heavy equipment to support road repairs worth IDR 36.1 billion.

The heavy equipment procurement agreement was agreed upon on June 25, 2015, with a period of work starting from June 25 to October 22 2015. During that period, the Head of the Highways Office was held by Yusmada.

The price of goods itself is determined using the e-purchasing method through the e-Catalog application provided by LKPP, with a price per package of IDR 1.7 billion.

In the findings of the BPK RI Representative of DKI Jakarta, it was stated that the Bina Marga Office used a price breakdown from PT DMU, which was also used in the negotiation process at LKPP to be included in the e-Catalog. Even though PT. DMU has not been registered as an agent / distributor at the Ministry of Trade.

Then, it is indicated that the goods submitted to the bina marga office do not match the goods offered and are displayed in the e-Catalog based on the results of document inspection.

As a result, the Bina Marga Office does not receive quality and after-sales guarantees from producers listed in the e Catalog. As for the indication of regional losses amounting to IDR 13,432,155,000.