KPK Appreciates Minister Of Transportation Budi Karya For Full Of Calls Regarding Alleged Train Bribery

Head Of KPK News Section Ali Fikri At KPK Building (Tsa Tsia/VOI)

JAKARTA - Minister of Transportation (Menhub) Budi Karya Sumadi fulfilled the summons of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) today, Wednesday, July 26. He was examined as a witness to the alleged bribery of a rail project after not attending on Friday, July 14.

Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri said Budi was present and is being investigated. The examination was carried out at the Anti-corruption Learning Center (ACLC) Building or the Old KPK Building on Jalan Rasuna Said, South Jakarta

"Incidentally, today the person concerned is already present as a witness," Ali told reporters at the ACLC KPK Building, Rasuna Said, Wednesday, July 26.

Apart from Budi, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Transportation Novie Riyanto has also fulfilled the summons of KPK investigators today. Previously, Novie was not present at the summons on Friday, July 21.

Furthermore, the anti-corruption commission appreciated the presence of Budi and Novie. Their information is believed to make light of the bribery case being handled by investigators.

"We appreciate the presence of each witness who was summoned by the KPK investigators so that it will be clear and clear the actions of the suspects who are currently being investigated," said Ali.

Previously, 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.

The KPK suspects that six DJKA officials from the Ministry of Transportation received bribes of Rp. 14.5 billion related to the railway project in Indonesia.

There are four projects that are suspected of being the bancakan, namely, the project to build the Solo Balapan-Kadipiro-Kalioso Double railway line; 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 level crossing.