KPK Is Looking For The Involvement Of Ministry Of Transportation Officials In The Bribery Case Of Railway Projects

Long-distance train illustration (ANTARA)

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has confirmed that it will pursue officials at the Ministry of Transportation who are suspected of enjoying bribes for the rail project. This effort was carried out by looking for evidence.

"(The involvement of the Ministry of Transportation officials, ed) is still in the process of deepening the investigation team," said Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri to reporters quoted on Thursday, July 20.

Ali ensured that investigators would continue to work. Including, revealing the role of the suspect who had already been detained.

"Focus first on the project which is the object of the alleged bribery bribery," said Ali.

In this case, the KPK has 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 are the 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.