Witness Says Nurdin Abdullah Asks Pokja To Win Aanggu Company

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MAKASSAR - Member of Pokja 2 ULP South Sulawesi Provincial Government Andi Salmiati said the inactive South Sulawesi Governor Nurdin Abdullah asked working groups (pokja) 2 and 7 to win two auction packages for the company Agung Sucipto alias Angu.

"I and other working group members were summoned by Mrs. Sari to her room and there she said there was a direction from the father," said South Sulawesi Provincial Government ULP Pokja 2 member Andi Salmiati while testifying in a trial at the Makassar Corruption Court, quoted by Antara, Thursday, August 19.

Andi Salmiati, who is a member of the South Sulawesi Provincial Government's ULP Working Group 2, said two project packages were entrusted to be won by his superiors, namely the Head of the South Sulawesi Provincial Government's Goods and Services Procurement Bureau, Sari Pudjiastuti.

Two project packages were asked to win the Agung Sucipto company, namely the Palampang Munte road project in Sinjai Regency which used the 2020 special allocation fund (DAK) with a budget of Rp. 15 billion.

While the second package is also a continuation of the same project, namely Palampang Munte using the national economic recovery budget (PEN).

Andi Salmiati revealed that at that time he and five other Pokja 2 members were called by Sari Pujiastuti to his room.

In Sari's room, Andi Salmiati and other members of Pokja 2 are said to have received directions regarding the Palampang Munte road project in Sinjai Regency.

"Me and five other members of working group 2 were called by Sari's mother and delivered for the Palampang Munte package with directions from the father," he said.

KPK Public Prosecutor Asri Irwan then asked witness Andi Salmiati who was the father referred to by his superior, Sari Pujiastuti.

"The father said it was the governor. The name was not mentioned, but we already know that what the father meant was the governor," he explained.

Andi Salmiati's confession was also confirmed by his other colleagues in Pokja 2 when he was questioned one by one by the panel of judges and the public prosecutor.

Pokja 2 members Syamsuriadi, Abdul Muin, and Munandar Naim also answered questions from the public prosecutor's team regarding the Palampang Munte project, the winner of which was PT Cahaya Sepang Bulukumba.

Previously, Nurdin Abdullah was accused of having received bribes worth 150,000 Singapore dollars (approximately Rp. 1.596 billion) and Rp. 2.5 billion from the defendant Agung Sucipto.

Nurdin Abdullah as a state official is suspected of accepting bribes to facilitate contractor Agung Sucipto in winning the Palampang-Munte-Botolempangan Road infrastructure project on the Bulukumba-Sinjai axis, South Sulawesi.