Investigating Allegations Of Corruption In Mempawah, KPK Cecar Ahmadi Noor Supit Regarding Budgeting At Banggar DPR RI

Ahmadi Noor Supit, who served as Chairman of the 2015 DPR RI Banggar. (Tsa Tsia-VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is investigating the budgeting process at the DPR RI Budget Agency (Banggar) through Ahmadi Noor Supit, who served as Chair of the 2015 DPR RI Banggar.

KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo said this investigation was carried out to investigate allegations of corruption in a road project in Mempawah Regency, West Kalimantan in 2015. Investigators need to know about the budgeting process carried out by Banggar DPR RI because the construction that was planned used special allocation funds (DAK).

Meanwhile, Ahmadi Noor Supit, who also served as a member of the BPK RI, was questioned on Tuesday, September 9 yesterday. However, he should have been questioned on Wednesday, September 3.

"The witness was investigated regarding the budgeting process for the road construction project, the budget sourced from DAK," Budi told reporters in a written statement, Wednesday, September 10.

Budi said that because this budget came from the DAK issued by the central government, investigators would examine a number of parties.

"KPK not only explores the statements of witnesses in local governments but also requests for information are also made to parties in the central government," he said.

As previously reported, the KPK searched a number of locations to look for evidence of alleged corruption in West Kalimantan Province on Sunday, April 27. The exact position is reported in Mempawah Regency.

In addition, forced efforts were also carried out in the Sanggau and Pontianak areas with a total of 16 locations. Investigators then found electronic evidence and a number of documents related to alleged corruption at the Mempawah District Public Works (PU) Office.

Later, the KPK said that this search was to find evidence of alleged corruption which was investigated using a new investigation letter (sprindik). It is suspected that there were allegations related to the increase in Sekabuk-Sei Sederam Road and the work of improving the Jalan Sekit Rama-Sei Semeram at the Public Works Office of Mempawah Regency for the 2015 Fiscal Year.

There are three suspects who have been named who have not been officially announced by the KPK. However, from the information gathered they are Abdurahman as a civil servant; Lutfi Kaharuddin who is an entrepreneur or President Director of PT Aditama Borneo Prima; and Idy Safriadi as a civil servant of Mempawah Regency.

The three of them are suspected of having caused the state to lose up to Rp40 billion. This amount is said to be changing because the calculation is still being carried out.