Anies Baswedan Claims To Be Asked By KPK Investigators About The Home Procurement Program

DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan gives a press statement after being questioned by the KPK (Wardhany Tsa Tsia/VOI)

JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan admitted that he was asked by investigators from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) regarding the housing procurement program in Jakarta.

He conveyed this after being questioned for about 5 hours starting at 10:05 WIB as a witness for the alleged corruption case of land acquisition in Munjul, Jakarta.

Investigators, said Anies, asked 8 questions related to the program. There are also questions related to the existing regulations in the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government.

"There are 8 questions related to the housing procurement program in Jakarta. The questions are related to the basis of the program and about the existing regulations in Jakarta," Anies told reporters at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Tuesday, September 21.

Anies did not elaborate further on his examination. However, he said that the KPK investigators actually finished checking at around 12.30 WIB.

But because there were several things that needed to be reviewed, Anies just left the examination room at around 15.00 WIB.

"Actually, it was already 12:30, but then it took a long time to review what was written. It was finished at 15:00 and then finished," said the former Minister of Education and Culture.

Anies admitted that everything he knew had been conveyed to investigators. Therefore, he hopes that the information can help the KPK investigate allegations of corruption committed by his former subordinate, Yoory Corneles, the former Director of Perumda Pembangunan Sarana Jaya.

As previously reported, the KPK has named four suspects, namely the Director and Deputy Director of PT Adonara Propertindo, Tommy Adrian and Anja Runtuwene, former President Director of Perumda Pembangunan Sarana Jaya Yoory Corneles, and Director of PT Aldira Berkah Abadi Makmur (ABAM) Rudy Hartono Iskandar.

In addition, the KPK has also named PT Adonara Propertindo as a suspect in corporate corruption.

This allegation of corruption occurred when Perumda Pembangunan Sarana Jaya, which is a BUMD in the property sector, sought land in the Jakarta area to be used as a business unit or land bank. Furthermore, this regionally owned company cooperates with PT Adonara Propertindo which is also engaged in the same field.

As a result of this alleged corruption, the state is estimated to have lost up to Rp. 152.5 billion. The suspects allegedly used this money to finance their personal needs.