The Ministry Of Transportation Claims That The Secretary General Has Written To The KPK Asking For A Re-examination

JAKARTA - Spokesperson for the Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) Adita Irawati claimed that the Secretary General of the Ministry of Transportation Novie Riyanto was absent from the investigator's summons. He said the rescheduling application had been submitted.

"On July 19, 2023, the Secretary-General (Novie Riyanto) sent a request for rescheduling for a request for information, due to a task that cannot be represented," Adita told reporters in a written statement, Friday, July 21.

Adita emphasized that the Ministry of Transportation supports the investigation of alleged bribery of the railway project. "And will cooperate fully with law enforcement officials including the KPK," he said.

The KPK summoned Novie Riyanto but he was said to be absent on Thursday, July 20. Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri said no information was conveyed.

KPKi also gave an ultimatum to Novie to cooperate in fulfilling the investigator's summons. His statement is needed to investigate allegations of corruption that occurred.

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.

The anti-corruption commission suspects that six officials from the Ministry of Transportation's DJKA 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.