Coordination With CPIB Singapore, KPK Makes Various Efforts To Bring Surya Darmadi Home To Indonesia

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JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) admits that it has done several things to drag its fugitive, Surya Darmadi, to the country.

One of them is coordinating with the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) or anti-corruption agencies in Singapore.

However, the Deputy for Enforcement and Execution of the KPK Karyoto said his party would not elaborate on the coordination process. Karyoto emphasized that the most important thing in handling this case was to bring the owner of PT Duta Palma Group to Indonesia.

"We have a problem with the DPO (Surya Darmadi, ed) yes, we don't talk but we also make a lot of efforts. There is the Singapore KPK (CPIB), we have already started," Karyoto told reporters at the Merah Putih building. KPK, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Wednesday, August 3.

Karyoto also did not talk about when Surya could be brought home. He only emphasized that various efforts have now been made.

"We do not know when we will depart for sure, what is clear is that we will make efforts in the near future," he said.

The Attorney General's Office previously named Surya Darmadi as the owner of PT Duta Palma Group as a suspect in alleged corruption in the seizure of 37,095 hectares of land in Riau. He was named along with another suspect, Raja Thamsir Rahman who is a former regent of Indragiri Hulu.

Meanwhile at the KPK, Surya Darmadi has been named a suspect since 2019. This determination was made after investigators developed a case against former Riau Governor Annas Maamun.