KPK to Pursue More Govt Officials in Railway Corruption Case

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) representative on Thursday announced that the antigraft body will hunt for the remaining individuals who are believed to be involved in the corruption of a major railway project, alluding that it might involve other officers in the Transportation Ministry. 

“We assure you that KPK will continue to develop the case,” said KPK spokesperson Ali Fikri on April 13. 

Fikri specified the method will be done through a “following the money” technique. “Anyone. If there is evidence of others’ involvement, surely KPK will name them as suspects.”

So far, the agency has named 10 suspects in the corruption case involving the construction of railway projects at the Transportation Ministry’s Directorate General of Railways for the 2018-2022 budget year. The projects were spread across South Sulawesi, Central Java, West Java, and Java-Sumatra.

Six people were named as suspects for receiving bribes, including the Director of Railway Infrastructure Harno Trimadi while the remaining five are the Head of BTP Jabagteng and commitment-making officials in each project. The four people who handed out the bribes were contractors working on the project.

KPK suspects that Rp 14.5 billion in bribes had been flowing from the private sector in these projects.

M ROSSENO AJI

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