JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has again scheduled an examination of the former Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi today. He will be questioned as a witness in the bribery case for the construction of the railway line project of the Director General of Railways (DJKA) of the Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) for East Java.
"Yes, today the investigators have scheduled an examination of witness BKS as the former Minister of Transportation," said KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to reporters through his written statement, Monday, March 9.
Budi said Budi Karya was not examined at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta. The Minister of the 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo (Jokowi), will be questioned in Semarang City, Central Java.
"The examination was carried out at the BPKP Semarang office," he said without detailing the reason.
Apart from Budi Karya Sumadi, the KPK also examined witnesses in Semarang City. However, Budi has not detailed who they are.
Budi Karya Sumadi should have been examined on Wednesday, February 18. However, he did not attend with the excuse that he had a previously scheduled agenda.
After that, based on the information obtained, the investigators actually rescheduled the examination for Wednesday, February 25. But, the delay was again carried out until Monday, March 2, which was not attended with the excuse of being sick.
As previously reported, the KPK continues to develop the bribery case for the railway line development project of the Director General of Railways (DJKA) of the Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) for East Java. Most recently, Sudewo as a former Member of Commission V of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia for the period 2020-2024 was named a suspect.
Then, the KPK also promised to investigate the members of Commission V of the Indonesian House of Representatives for the period 2019-2024 who enjoyed the flow of money. One of them is Lasarus as the Chairman of Commission V of the Indonesian House of Representatives at that time and was said in the trial to enjoy a project fee of 10 percent.
He is suspected of receiving money flows with members of Commission V of the Indonesian House of Representatives for the period 2019-2024 from various factions who are suspected of enjoying fees. They include Ridwan Bae, Hamka Baco Kady to Sadarestuwati.
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