Case Of A Double PJU Electricity Bill Of IDR 7.2 Billion, Kejari Calls The Head Of The Batang Transportation Agency

Illustration of public street lighting (PJU) (ANTARA)

The District Attorney (Kejari) of Batang Regency in Central Java (Central Java) is investigating the alleged case of public street lighting bills (PJU), which is estimated to be worth IDR 7.2 billion.

The head of the Batang District Attorney's Office, Raymond Ali, said that his party had summoned a number of parties, including the Head of the Batang Regency Transportation Service (Dishub) Eko Widiyanto and PLN.

"Yes, we are calling for clarification regarding the existence of irregularities in the PJU electricity bill which is allegedly paid for by the doubles," he said in Batang, Tuesday, as reported by Antara.

According to him, the alleged double bill emerged because two bills were found for one object which should have only been paid once.

The allegation of this double bill, he said, arose because there were two different bills for one public street lighting object that should have only been paid once.

He who was accompanied by the Head of the Intelligence Section Dipo Iqbal said the Transportation Service had paid both of them due to double collection from PLN.

"The local government should only pay one but because PLN collects two, it is paid by the Transportation Service. PLN does not explain in detail, then there is a complaint related to it, so we verify whether there is a violation or not," he said.

Head of the Batang Regency Transportation Agency, Eko Widiyanto, admitted that he had fulfilled the summons from the prosecutor's office to verify public street lighting bills.

"Yes, the summons is purely for verification of the PJU bill which is administrative in nature. The existing problems are related to the remaining PJU arrears from the previous period, which happened to be arrears left before I took office," he said.