Yana Mulyana, A Corruption Suspect, KPK Surprised That The Bandung Smart City Project Used An E-Catalog But There Was Still A Bribery

Bandung Mayor Yana Mulyana, a suspect in corruption in the procurement of CCTV and the Bandung Smart City internet network, was detained by the KPK, Sunday, April 16 in the morning/PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) admits that it is surprised by the bribery in the procurement of CCTV and Bandung Smart City internet services that ensnared the Mayor of Bandung, Yana Mulyana. The reason is that the process has already used an e-catalog system that should be able to prevent fraudulent practices from happening.

"Already using e-catalog, the assumption is that the price item is certain. But how come there are still many bribes," said KPK Deputy Chair Nurul Ghufron to reporters at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Sunday, April 16 in the morning.

In the construction of this bribery case, the KPK revealed that PT Citra Jelajah Informatika (CIFO) was one of the winners of the Bandung Smart City project even though the procurement had gone through an e-catalog process. It was from this process that the bribe against Yana and other suspects occurred.

Ghufron said that later they would explore how the occupancy happened. Including whether there is a bubble or mark-up from the process of procuring goods and services.

"Of course you can imagine from (projects, ed) Rp2.5 billion, Rp924 million is back. It means that like the Rp1.5 billion spent in both inadequate quality and quantity or vice versa, adequate but marked up," he said.

"Those are all still possibilities that we will explore," continued Ghufron.

Previously, the Mayor of Bandung, Yana Mulyana, was caught in a hand arrest operation (OTT) on Friday night, April 14. He was later named a suspect along with five people.

They are the Head of the Bandung City Government Transportation Service Dadang Darmawan; Secretary of the Bandung City Government Transportation Service Khairul Rijal, Director of PT Sarana Mitra Adiguna, Benny; CEO of PT Citra Jelajah Informatika (CIFO) Sony Setiadi; and Manager of PT Sarana Mitra Adiguna (SMA) Andreas Guntoro.

The six of them will be detained for the first 20 days in three different detention centers. Yana is being held at the KPK Detention Center at the KPK Red and White Gedung Branch, Dadang and Khairul are being held at Mako Puspomal, while the rest are being held at the KPK Detention Center at Pomdam Jaya Guntur.

During the silent operation, the KPK found preliminary evidence of IDR 924.6 million. The money was found in the form of US dollar denominations, Singapore dollars, Malaysian ringgit, Yen and Bath currencies as well as Louis Vuitton-type Cruise Charlie white, black, and brown shoes.