Corruption Eradication Committee Seizes Financial Transaction Documents Related to Alleged Corruption by the Secretariat General of the DPR

DPR Secretary General Indra Iskandar's room was one of the rooms searched by KPK investigators.

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Investigators from the Corruption Eradication Commission have submitted evidence in the form of a red suitcase after conducting a search at the General Secretariat Building of the Parliament Complex in Jakarta on Tuesday (30/4/2024) in the afternoon.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS — The Corruption Eradication Commission confiscated project work documents, electronic equipment and financial transactions during a search of the General Secretariat of the House of Representatives. . A number of documents were confiscated as evidence in a case of alleged corruption in the procurement of equipment for the residences of DPR members. After the search, KPK is expected to immediately announce the suspects in this case for the sake of legal certainty.

Head of the News Department of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Ali Fikri, revealed that KPK investigators have conducted a search and seizure of evidence found at the Secretariat General of the House of Representatives on Tuesday (4/30/2024). "One of the rooms searched was the workspace of the Secretary General of the House of Representatives (Indra Iskandar)," said Ali on Thursday (5/2/2024), in Jakarta.

On Monday (April 29, 2024), the investigators of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) also conducted searches at four different locations in South Tangerang and Jakarta areas, namely Bintaro, Gatot Subroto, Tebet, and Kemayoran. These locations are the homes and offices of the parties who have been designated as suspects.

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Ali revealed that during the search, the KPK secured pieces of evidence, including project work documents, electronic devices, and financial transactions in the form of money transfers that were strongly suspected to be related to the roles of the parties designated as suspects. Analysis and deepening of the evidence will be conducted immediately to complete the investigation case file.

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Head of the News Section of the Corruption Eradication Commission, Ali Fikri

Currently, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is investigating a corruption case involving the procurement of equipment for the official residence of the House of Representatives in the 2020 fiscal year worth IDR 120 billion. The state financial losses discovered by the KPK in this case reached tens of billions of rupiah. However, the KPK has not yet announced any suspects in the case.

In fact, the KPK has prevented seven people suspected of being involved in this case from leaving the country. Based on Kompas sources, those prevented were Indra Iskandar; Head of the House of Representatives Management Section, Hiphi Hidupati; President Director of PT Daya Indah Dinamika Tanti Nugroho; Director of PT Dwitunggal Bangun Persada Juanda Hasurungan Sidabutar; Operational Director of PT Avantgarde Production Kibun Roni; Project Manager PT Integra Indocabinet Andrias Catur Prasetya; and Edwin Budiman from the private sector.

Name the suspect

When contacted separately, researcher from the Indonesian Parliament Watch Forum (Formappi), Lucius Karus, urged the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to immediately clarify the identity of the suspect who has been named in this case and then arrest them.

"Well, if the process has reached the point of determining a suspect, the KPK should not have any reason to cover up the parties who have become suspects," said Lucius.

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Formappi researcher Lucius Karus

According to him, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is perceived to be withholding the names of suspects. However, the KPK seems agile in announcing the identities of suspects in other cases when someone is designated as a suspect. If the announcement of the suspect's name takes too long, their detention will also become longer. The KPK stated that this case has been under investigation since February 2024.

Lucius stated that KPK has an interest in immediately providing legal certainty in this case. A prolonged and uncertain process will invite negative impressions against KPK and DPR.

For the KPK, the length of time it takes to announce a suspect and detain them gives the impression that there is still something unresolved in the suspect's determination. Another allegation is that there are efforts to make other agreements with the suspects. For the DPR, this lengthy process will continue to erode public trust in the DPR. The DPR will be considered a corruption field.

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"So, I believe the Anti-Corruption Commission (KPK) must act quickly in this case. Of course, everything may not be resolved immediately, but at the very least, the suspects should be named and promptly arrested," he said.