Minister Of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi Called By KPK In The Case Of Bribery Of Railway Projects

Minister Of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi/DOK VOI

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) summoned the Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi today. The Minister of Transportation will be investigated regarding the bribery case for the construction and maintenance of railway lines at the Director General of Railways at the Ministry of Transportation (DJKA Kemenhub).

"The investigation was carried out by the Corruption Eradication Commission Jl Kuningan Persada Kav.4, Setiabudi, South Jakarta," said Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri in a written statement, Friday, July 14.

Not only Budi, investigators summoned the Director General of Railways DJKA of the Indonesian Ministry of Transportation M Risal Wasal and ASN at the Ministry of Transportation, Maulana Yusuf. The statements of the three are needed to complete the investigation files of the suspect, Head of the Class I Railway Engineering Center for the Central Java Region (BTP Jabagteng) Putu Sumarjaya and his friends (Dkk).

Previously reported, the KPK named 10 suspects for alleged bribery related to the construction and maintenance of railway lines within the Directorate General of Railways of the Ministry of Transportation for Fiscal Year 2018-2022. Six recipients were Director of Railway Infrastructure Harno Trimadi; Commitment Making Officer (PPK) of the Central Java Railway Engineering Center (BTP) Bernard Hasibuan; and Head of Central Java BTP Putu Sumarjaya.

Then there is also the PPK of the South Sulawesi Railway Management Center (BPKA) Achmad Affandi; PPK for Rail Infrastructure, Fadliansyah; and the West Java BTP (Jabagbar) PPK Syntheto Pirjani Hutabarat.

While the rest were bribe givers, namely the Director of PT Istana Putra Agung, Dion Renato Sugiarto; Director of PT Dwifarita Fajarkharisma, Muchamad Hikmat; Vice President of PT KA Management Properti, Parjono; and former Director of PT KA Management Properti, Yoseph Ibrahim.

In this case, the KPK suspects that six DJKA officials from the Ministry of Transportation received bribes worth Rp. 14.5 billion related to four railway projects in Indonesia.

The four projects suspected of being the bancakan are the Solo Balapan-Kadipiro-Kalioso Double railway line construction project; a railway line construction project in Makassar, South Sulawesi; four railway construction projects and two supervision projects in Lampegan Cianjur, West Java; and a project to repair the Java-Sumatra Crossing.