OTT Case Of Alleged Bribery Of Road Projects In East Kalimantan, KPK Confiscates IDR 525 Million

Deputy Chairperson of the KPK Johanis Tanak. (Photo: Doc. ANTARA)

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named five suspects in connection with a hand arrest operation (OTT) in the alleged bribery case for a road procurement project in East Kalimantan.

In this action, Rp525 million was confiscated as a buti item.

"The cash was secured in the amount of around Rp. 525 million," said Deputy Chairperson of the KPK Johanis Tanak to reporters, Saturday, November 25, in the early hours of the morning.

From the results of the deepening, the money is said to be the remaining bribes from the initial amount of Rp1.4 billion.

Meanwhile, five suspects, namely, Rahmat Fadjar as Head of the Work Unit of the East Kalimantan National Road Implementation Center (BBPJN) type B; Riado Sinaga as the Decree Making Officer (PPK) at the Implementation of the National Road Region 1 East Kalimantan; Abdul Nanang Ramis as the owner of PT Fajar Pasir Lestari; Hendra Sugiarto as staff of PT Fajar Pasir Lestari; and Nono Mulyatno as Director of CV Bajasari.

Currently, they have been detained at the KPK detention center. Detention starts from November 24 to December 13, 2023.

"For the purposes and needs of the investigation, investigators detained the suspects for 20 days," said Tanak.

In this case, Rahmat and Riado are suspected of violating Article 12 letter a or b or Article 11 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) to 1 of the Criminal Code.

Meanwhile, Nono, Nanang and Hendri, who are private parties, are suspected of violating Article 5 paragraph (1) letter a or b or Article 13 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) to 1 of the Criminal Code.

The alleged bribery case began with a national road procurement project for Region I in East Kalimantan Province with funding sources from the state budget.

In the project, the object is Jalan Simpang Batu-Laburan with a value of IDR 49.7 billion and the preservation of Jalan Kerang-Lolo-Kuaro with a value of IDR 1.1 billion.

Then, Rahmat Fadjar and Riado were appointed as project 'executors' approached by the three suspects from the private sector. Negotiations and promises to give money with the intention of getting the project. Until finally there was an agreement.

Rahmat Fadjar ordered Riado to win the power of the three suspects so that he got the project. The trick, modifying and manipulating several items in the LKPP e-Catalog application.

That way, Rahmat got a 7 percent profit and Riado was 3 percent of the agreed project value. The money is given in stages. Until the total reaches Rp1.4 billion.