2 Members Of The House Of Representatives Questioned About Information On Project Arrangements At The Ministry Of Transportation

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) suspects that there is a project arrangement at the Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub).

The investigation of this information was carried out through the examination of two members of the DPR Andi Iwan Darmawan Aras, and Ridwan Bae was questioned by investigators on Friday, July 28 last week.

"The two witnesses were present and their knowledge was investigated, among others, related to the alleged arrangement of a work project package at the Ministry of Transportation," said Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri to reporters, Monday, July 31.

Ali has not yet detailed the arrangement of the project. However, it is suspected that this process is related to the alleged bribery of the construction and maintenance of the railway line.

"And there is a flow of money for the regulation," he said.

Previously reported, the KPK previously named 10 suspects in the alleged a connection with the construction and maintenance of railway lines within the Directorate General of Railways at the Ministry of Transportation for Fiscal Year 2018-2022. Six recipients were Harno Trimadi Railway Infrastructure Director; 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 Manajemen Properti, Parjono; and former Director of PT KA Management Properti, Yoseph Ibrahim. The KPK suspects that six DJKA officials from the Ministry of Transportation have received bribes of Rp. 14.5 billion related to the railway line 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.