JP\/4\/kpk<\/p>\n
Southeast Sulawesi governor reported to KPK<\/p>\n
Eva C. Komandjaja
\nThe Jakarta Post\/Jakarta<\/p>\n
Another major graft case was being unveiled when the Indonesian
\nCorruption Watch (ICW) reported Southeast Sulawesi Governor Ali
\nMazi to the Corruption Eradication Commission on Wednesday for
\nallegedly embezzling Rp 20.9 billion (US$2.3 million) from his
\nprovincial budget.<\/p>\n
Accompanied by representatives from the Southeast Sulawesi
\nPro-Democracy Society (Prodem Sultra) and Adnan Topan Husodo of
\nICW brought the case of Ali Mazi accused of marking up the budget
\nto buy and install four generators for a new power plant built in
\nKendari last year.<\/p>\n
The generators were bought from a German company, Deutz, and
\nwere shipped by the Deutz Asia-Pacific from Singapore. Each has a
\ncapacity of 375 kilovolt and 10,000 pk.<\/p>\n
Both ICW and Prodem Sultra said Ali was found to have approved
\nthe Rp 28 billion project, although the actual cost for the
\nproject was only approximately Rp 7.1 billion.<\/p>\n
Adnan said ICW and Prodem Sultra had obtained invoices from
\nDeutz Asia-Pacific that each generator cost roughly 150,000 euro.
\nThus, the purchase of the four generators only cost around
\n600,000 euro or Rp 6.7 billion.<\/p>\n
Accessories for the generators only added up around Rp 346
\nmillion, which made the total cost for the project less Rp 20.9
\nbillion from the initial projected cost of Rp 28 billion.<\/p>\n
\"It's impossible that if they (the Ali Mazi administration)
\nspent the Rp 20.9 billion fund for the installation of the power
\nplant since the installation cost did not reach that high,\" Adnan
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
He said the two organizations had studied a similar case in
\nJambi province, where the installation of two generators cost
\nonly around Rp 2.38 billion. The cost for installing four
\ngenerators would reach as high as around Rp 5 billion, he added.<\/p>\n
\"Therefore, we have concluded that Governor Ali Mazi had
\nmisused the money and we've asked KPK to probe the case,\" Adnan
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Aside from the misuse, the project itself had already violated
\nPresidential Decree No. 18\/2000 and No. 80\/2003 because its
\ncontractor, PT Pramindo Sapta Utama, was appointed directly by
\nthe Southeast Sulawesi administration.<\/p>\n
Under the regulations, any government project worth more than
\nRp 50 million must be made available through public bidding.<\/p>\n
According to the Southeast Sulawesi administration, it
\ndirectly appointed PT Pramindo because it was urgent for the
\nprovince to set up the power plant.<\/p>\n
\"Corruption Law No. 31\/1999 states that direct appointment can
\nonly be used in emergency state, in which the country is hit by a
\nnatural disaster or monetary crisis. Direct appointment cannot be
\nused in any pressing situation,\" Adnan explained.<\/p>\n
Hidayatullah of Prodem Sultra said the Southeast Sulawesi
\nlegislative council had reported the Ali Mazi case to the
\nprovincial prosecutors.<\/p>\n
However, he said he was pessimistic that the prosecutors would
\nfollow up the report as the number of graft cases in the province
\nwas already high.<\/p>\n
\"Most graft cases that involved high-ranking government
\nofficials had never been solved there. Most of them ended up in
\ncompromises between suspects and prosecutors,\" Hidayatullah said.<\/p>\n
He said the prosecutors had previously questioned Aminudin
\nArif, who is a former head of the mining and energy agency in
\nKendari, and Asep Gatot, project chief from the agency, in the
\nsame case.<\/p>\n
But the results of the probes were unclear, he added.<\/p>\n
Sukris Prayitno from the KPK's complaint division said that he
\nwould look into the case and examine whether all the documents
\nneeded were complete.<\/p>\n
\"I cannot promise that KPK will investigate the case straight
\naway, but we can only promise that we will study it first.
\nLately, we've received so many reports of graft cases,\" Sukris
\nsaid.<\/p>",
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