KPK Ready to Investigate the Flow of Rp3.5 Billion from Waskita to HIPMI Chairman Akbar Himawan Buchari Revealed in the Trial

Acting Director of KPK Investigation Achmad Taufik Husein/PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has confirmed that it will investigate the flow of Rp3.5 billion from Waskita Karya to the General Chairman of the Indonesian Young Entrepreneurs Association (Hipmi), Akbar Himawan Buchari.

This was conveyed by the acting (Plt) Director of KPK Investigation Achmad Taufik Husein in response to the emergence of this statement in the trial of the project bribery case in the Directorate General of Railways (DJKA) of the Ministry of Transportation at the Medan Tipikor Court. The investigator is said to follow up on the facts of the trial by summoning Akbar and Waskita Karya.

"Of course, this will be followed up by the investigation team by making clarifications or summoning the parties concerned. Including the next question, the source is from PT Waskita. Yes, we will make sure to do two parties. Call for the giver and the recipient," said Taufik to reporters at the KPK Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, quoted Wednesday, June 3.

Taufik said investigators had already obtained information about the flow of money because they had coordinated with the prosecutor's team.

"It is indeed known by the investigation team because here there is a JPU and one-roof investigator so that the results of the investigation are also shared with the public prosecutor and then the results of the trial are also shared with the investigation team," he said.

The KPK said that the opportunity to investigate this alleged receipt of money was also open after the KPK issued a new investigation order in the DJKA case in the South Sumatra region.

"But whether it will be done in the investigation letter, which Sumbagsel will certainly consider by the investigation team," said Taufik.

"Do these facts still have a correlation with the investigation order that is currently running because of course this is spread, yes, there are in North Sumatra, there are in South Sumatra, there are also eastern parts, if I'm not mistaken, Makassar will also be developed. So will it be checked in the investigation letter, which will be considered by the investigation team," he continued.

The flow of money of Rp. 3.5 billion from Waskita Karya to Akbar Himawan Buchari was revealed in the trial of the alleged corruption of the DJKA project at the Medan Tipikor Court, Wednesday, April 29. The flow of money was revealed by the defendant Eddy Kurniawan Winarto in the trial with the agenda of examining the defendant.

During the trial, Eddy said that the beginning of the money given to Akbar was because of a request to meet several parties in the train project. Eddy admitted that he gave money to Akbar related to the DJKA case through his subordinate named Roni.