TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Bekasi deputy regent Eka Supria Atmaja was scheduled to be examined by investigators of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) today, November 21 in light of Meikarta bribery case.

“He [Eka Supria] will be investigated as a witness for BS [Billy Sindoro, operational director of Lippo Group),” said KPK spokesman Febri Diansyah in a written statement Wednesday, November 21.

Other than Eka, KPK scheduled examination on the official of the Capital Investment and One-Stop Integrated Services Agency (DPMPTSP) of West Java Diding Abdullah and former head of water resources management at the Public Works and Housing Agency M. Urip Karisabanu.

The anti-graft body also planned to quiz Andi Dwi Prasetyo, acting head of the prevention division, as a witness for a suspect from one of Lippo Group consultants Fitra Djaja Purnama.

In this bribery case, KPK suspected Billy Sindoro, Fitri, and another consultant Taryudi as well as Lippo Group employee Hendry Jasmen pledged to send commitment fee worth Rp13 billion to Bekasi Regent Neneng Hasanah Yasin and four officials in Bekasi agencies to expedite the permit of the satellite city project of Meikarta.

KPK was currently investigating the case that Meikarta project was constructed before the permit issuance because a number of license documents were backdated.

ANDITA RAHMA