2 Witnesses Of The Corruption Case Of Construction Of The Mimika Mangkir Church Called KPK

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The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has canceled examining two witnesses regarding the alleged corruption in the construction of the Kingmi Mile 32 Church in Mimika, Papua. Both of them were absent from the investigator's summons.

"The information we received was that the two witnesses were not present and without confirmation from the investigative team," Acting KPK Spokesperson Ipi Maryati told reporters, Thursday, October 27.

The two witnesses who were absent were entrepreneurs, Asril Siregar and Mirsanuddin Siregar. Both of them did not convey any information to investigators even though their statements were needed.

Ipi did not specify what the investigators wanted to investigate from the two witnesses. However, they are suspected of knowing the alleged bribery that ensnared Mimika Regent Eltinus Omaleng.

As previously reported, Mimika Regent Eltinus Omaleng was officially detained by the KPK after being forcibly picked up. He became a suspect in alleged corruption in the construction of the Kingmi Mile 32 Church in Mimika Regency, Papua.

Apart from Eltinus, there are two other suspects named by the KPK but have not been detained. They are the Head of the Kesra Section of the Mimika Regency Secretariat who is the official commitment maker (PPK) Marthen Sawy and the Director of PT Waringin Megah (WM), Teguh Anggara.

In this case, the KPK suspects that there is a discrepancy, including the period of work when the church was built and the lack of work volume even though payments have been made. As a result, the state lost up to IDR 21.6 billion from the contract value of IDR 46 billion.

In addition, Eltinus allegedly made various arrangements. One of them directly appointed PT Waringin Megah, led by Teguh Anggara.

From this appointment, it is suspected that there was an agreement to provide a fee of 10 percent, of which 7 percent was for Eltinus and 3 percent was Teguh.

In addition, it is suspected that there was a subcontractor from another company, namely PT Kuala Persada Papua Nusantara (KPPN) who worked without a contract agreement. Eltinus said the KPK also received around Rp4.4 billion in this case.