KPK Supervises The Corruption Case Of The Sriwijaya Palembang Grand Mosque Project

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PALEMBANG - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) supervised the case of alleged corruption (tipikor) in the construction of the Sriwijaya Grand Mosque, Palembang, which was handled by the South Sumatra High Court.

Director of Coordination and Supervision for Region II KPK Yudhiawan said the supervision was aimed at strengthening the South Sumatra High Court in handling cases of alleged corruption that had cost state finances a considerable amount.

According to him, the supervision of the case has already obtained approval from the KPK leadership. In this way, in the future the KPK can strengthen the work of the high prosecutor by helping to carry out the function of coordinating and monitoring the implementation of the trial.

In carrying out supervision, his party was not involved in the technical process of the South Sumatra Prosecutor's Office investigator team to thoroughly investigate the case.

"Our job is only to monitor, without touching the technical investigations, that remains the authority of the high prosecutor's investigators," he said, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, August 10.

Meanwhile, Head of Information and Legal Section of the South Sumatra Prosecutor's Office, Khaidirman, said that the supervision from the KPK would make it stronger to handle corruption cases which, based on investigations, had cost the state Rp116 billion.

He explained that the KPK's supervision would help the South Sumatra Attorney's Office if there were obstacles in handling the case. For example, in the trial, investigators are constrained by the presence of witnesses or experts, the KPK will assist to provide solutions.

"There is no intervention from the KPK in the investigation, everything is completely under the authority of our investigators when it comes to that," he said.