Former Head of Pontianak Environment Office Becomes A Suspect In Allegations Of Corruption In 2022 Landfill

Pontianak District Attorney's Building on KH Ahmad Dahlan street, Pontianak City. ANTARA/PR District Attorney's Office (Kejari) Pontianak.

KALBAR - The former Head of the Pontianak City Environmental Service (LH) with the initials TBB and another person have been named as suspects in the alleged corruption case for the construction of a 2020 TPA leachate wastewater treatment plant.

"This corruption crime case occurred in the 2020 fiscal year, where there was work on the construction of a leachate wastewater treatment plant at the landfill at the Pontianak city LH Service with an initial work contract value of IDR 3,925,260,213.62," said the Head of the District Attorney's Office (Kejari) Pontianak, Yulius Sigit Kristanto, Friday 3 March, confiscated by Antara.

Then continued Yulius, the value of the work contract was added to IDR 3,990,411,013.62 until the end of the contract as of December 2020.

"In this case, TBB as the official making the commitment based on an investigation warrant from the Head of the Pontianak District Attorney Number: Print-01/0.1.10/Fd.2/03/2023. March 3, 2023, and Letter of determination of the suspect Number: TAP 02/ 01.1.10/Fd.2/03/2023 March 3, 2023," Yulius added.

Meanwhile, the other suspect has the initials E. Suspect E has always carried out work. This is based on an investigation warrant from the Head of the Pontianak District Prosecutor's Office Number: Prin -02/01.1.10/Fd.2/02/2023 Dated March 3 2023 and the suspect determination letter Number: TAP -01/01.1.10/Fd.2/ 03/2023 March 3, 2023.

Yulius said that from the results of the construction work, the industrial wastewater treatment reactor machine was not functioning.

"In the construction of the leachate wastewater treatment plant, the volume of work was not carried out according to the Budget plan," he said.

The Head of the Pontianak Prosecutor's Office added that this later became a case finding, because the suspects reported that the work that was not in accordance with the Budget plan was in accordance with the Budget plan to get 100 percent payment.

"So this case causes state losses of IDR 1,015,056,093," he stated.