KPK Securs 2 Cars And Documents Flowing Amount Of Money Proceeds From Corruption Former Buru Regent Sulatan Tagop Sudarsono

Gedung KPK. (Irfan Meidianto/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has secured evidence in the form of two cars and documents on the flow of money related to the alleged corruption case that ensnared the former South Buru Regent Tagop Sudarsono Soulisa (TSS).

The evidence was found and secured by the KPK investigators when they searched the private house of suspect Tagop, the private house of suspect Ivana Kwelju (IK), and an office belonging to a private party suspected of being linked to the case in Ambon City, Maluku, Monday, January 31.

"We found and secured various evidences allegedly related to the case, including two cars, documents related to the flow of a sum of money allegedly enjoyed by the suspect TSS and his friends," said Acting KPK spokesman Ali Fikri in his statement in Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Tuesday February 1st.

Ali said the evidence would be re-analyzed and confiscated to complete the case file.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Wednesday 26 January named three suspects in the alleged bribery, gratification, and money laundering (TPPU) case related to the procurement of goods and services in South Buru Regency, Maluku in 2011-2016.

The recipients were Tagop Sudarsono Soulisa (TSS) and Johny Rynhard Kasman (JRK) from the private sector. Meanwhile, as the giver, namely Ivana Kwelju (IK) from the private sector.

In the construction of the case, the KPK explained that Tagop, who served as the Regent of South Buru for the period 2011-2016 and 2016-2021, was suspected from the beginning of his tenure having given more attention to various projects at the PUPR Office of South Buru Regency, including by specifically inviting the head of the department and the head of the community development department to come to the case. know the list and value of the package budget for each project work.

Tagop then recommends and unilaterally determines which partners can be won to work on projects, either through the auction process or direct appointment.

The KPK suspects that from the determination of the partners, Tagop asked for a sum of money in the form of a fee with a value of 7 to 10 percent of the value of the work contract, specifically for projects whose source of funds from the Special Allocation Fund (DAK) is determined that the fee is still between 7 and 10. percent plus 8 percent of the value of the employment contract.

The projects are the construction of the Namrole inner city road in 2015 with a project value of Rp. 3.1 billion, the improvement of the Namrole inner city road (hotmix) with a project value of Rp. 14.2 billion, the improvement of the Wamsisi-Sp Namrole Modan Mohe section (hotmix) ) with a project value of Rp. 14.2 billion, and the improvement of the Waemulang-Biloro toll road with a project value of Rp. 21.4 billion.

Upon receiving these fees, Togop is suspected of using his trusted person, namely Johny, to receive some money using his bank account and then transfer it to Tagop's bank account.

The KPK estimates that the value of the fee received by Tagop is around Rp. 10 billion, of which Ivana was given because he was chosen to work on one of the work projects whose budget was sourced from 2015 DAK funds.

The KPK also suspects that the Rp10 billion receipt was used by Tagop to buy a number of assets using the names of other parties in order to disguise the origin of the money received from contractor partners.