TEMPO.CO, Jakarta-House of Representative’s Special Inquiry Committee investigating PT Pelino II case questioned Brig. Gen. Victor Edi Simanjuntak, a former director of special economic crime directorate at the National Police, on Wednesday, October 21.
To the inquiry committee, Victor explained markup and money laundering allegation surrounding PT Pelindo II.
“I have a strong evidence, which is a procurement of ten mobile cranes that didn’t go through appropriate planning and analysis. Therefore, they weren’t used,” Victor said at the Senayan parliament complex on Wednesday.
According to Victor, the procurement triggered suspicion because it was not coordinated with the port operator. Victor said that the cranes should have been distributed to eight ports in Bengkulu, Palembang, Banten, and Cirebon. However, the mobile cranes are still stored at the Tanjung Priok Port.
“I tried to find out why the cranes were not used at the ports. They said that they didn’t need those. So I asked who procured them. They answered Pelindo II president director,” Victor said.
Victor revealed that the mobile crane procurement had caused Rp 45.657 billion (US$3.3 million) in state losses. Victor added that the price of a mobile crane should be no more than Rp 2 billion (US$143,000).
“If we asked the distributor, the price of a mobile crane is no more that Rp 2 billion. And it’s obvious the total price for the cranes should be. Then why it was Rp 45 billion? It should be around Rp 16 billion (US$1.2 billion),” Victor said.
DESTRIANITA K.