JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named Banjarnegara Regent Budhi Sarwono as a suspect in a corruption case related to the procurement of goods and services. The Banjarnegara Regent was appointed together with a private party, namely Kedy Afandi.
"With the collection of various information and data which was later found to be sufficient initial evidence, the KPK carried out an investigation and raised the status of this case to an investigation in May 2021 by naming two suspects," said KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri in a press conference broadcast on KPK YouTube. RI, Friday, September 3.
The two suspects will be detained in two different remand centers after carrying out self-isolation to prevent the transmission of COVID-19 in the KPK Detention Center environment. Budhi will be detained at the KPK Rutan Kavling C1 and Kedy will be detained at the KPK Rutan Pomdam Jaya Guntur Branch.
Meanwhile, this case began when last September 2017, the Regent of Banjarnegara ordered Kedy, who is also his confidant because he had been the chairman of the success team during the Pilkada, to lead a coordination meeting attended by representatives of the construction service association in Banjarnegara Regency. This meeting, said Firli, took place in a restaurant.
Through the meeting, as directed by Budhi, Kedy said that the work package would be relaxed by increasing the estimated price by 20 percent of the project value. "And for companies that want to get the project package in question, they are required to provide a fee of 10 percent of the project value," said the former Deputy for Enforcement of the KPK.
Subsequently, another meeting took place and was held at Budhi's private house. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Gapensi Banjarnegara association.
"Directly BS conveyed, among others, increasing HPS by 20 percent from the current price with a further distribution of 10 percent for BS as a commitment fee and 10 percent as partner profits," said Firli.
In addition, the KPK said that Budhi had an active role in directly participating in the auction of infrastructure works. These include sharing work packages at the PUPR Service, including his family's company, and arranging the auction winners.
Meanwhile, Budhi is always monitoring and directing the train when making arrangements for the division of work so that companies that are members of the Bumi Redjo group can participate.
In this case, Budhi is alleged to have received a commitment fee of IDR 2.1 billion directly or through his trusted person, Kedy. As a result of their actions, Budhi and Kedy are suspected of violating Article 2 paragraph (1) or Article 3 of the Corruption Eradication Law in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1 of the Criminal Code.
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