Pati Regent Sudewo Will Be Summoned By KPK Regarding Alleged Bribery Of DJKA

KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo/PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said Regent Pati Sudewo would be summoned for alleged bribery in the construction of a railway line at the Director General of Railways (DJKA) of the Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub).

He allegedly received a commitment fee of the size and was revealed at the trial in November 2023.

"If information is needed from the person concerned, a summons will be made for questioning," said KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo to reporters at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Wednesday, August 13.

Budi also agreed that Sudewo was suspected of being one of the parties who received the commitment fee.

"It's true, SDW (Sudewo) brother is one of the parties suspected of receiving a flow of commitment fees related to the railway line construction project that we conveyed yesterday related to the detention update of one of the suspects, brother R (Risna Sutriyanto)," he said.

"Of course, from this information, investigators will explore and of course later we will update the investigation process related to the SDW brothers," continued Budi.

As for the trial of the DJKA bribery case, the KPK confiscated around Rp. 3 billion from Sudewo, who had served as a member of the DPR. This fact was revealed when he was present at the Semarang Corruption Court.

During the trial, initially the public prosecutor showed evidence in the form of photos of cash in rupiah denominations and foreign currencies confiscated from Sudewo's house.

However, recently he denied the money from the DJKA bribery case. Sudewo admitted that the investigators' findings were salaries and business results.

Sudewo in the trial also denied having received money for the railway line construction project between Solo Balapan-Kalioso Station which was carried out by PT Istana Putra Agung. The prosecutor's indictment was also denied regarding the receipt of Rp720 million in cash which was handed over by the company's employees.