Jakarta (ANTARA) \u2013 Indonesia\u2019s Corruption Eradication Commission\n(KPK) has questioned seven of the eight suspects in an expanded\ninvestigation into alleged corruption in road-construction projects in\nNorth Sumatra.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe KPK has scheduled examinations of the suspects at the KPK\u2019s\nMerah Putih Building in Jakarta,\u201d KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo told\njournalists in Jakarta on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Budi said the suspects were former head of the North Sumatra National\nRoad Implementation Agency (BBPJN) Stanley Cicero Haggard Tuapattinaja;\nformer head of the BBPJN North Sumatra National Road Implementation Unit\nI, Rahmad Parulian; and former commitment-making officials at Unit I,\nMunson Ponter Paulus Hutauruk, Faisal and Heri Handoko.<\/p>\n
The other suspects are former head of BBPJN North Sumatra National\nRoad Implementation Unit II T. Rahmatsyah Putra and former\ncommitment-making official at Unit II Manaek Manalu.<\/p>\n
Budi said Dicky Erlangga, the former head of Unit I, did not attend\nThursday\u2019s summons.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe did not attend the examination scheduled for today. Investigators\nwill reschedule it shortly,\u201d Budi said.<\/p>\n
The case began with a KPK sting operation on 26 June 2025. Two days\nlater, the commission named five people as suspects in a case divided\ninto two clusters.<\/p>\n
The five suspects were North Sumatra Public Works and Spatial\nPlanning Agency head Topan Obaja Putra Ginting; Rasuli Efendi Siregar,\nhead of the Gunung Tua Regional Technical Implementation Unit at the\nagency and a commitment-making official; Heliyanto, a commitment-making\nofficial at North Sumatra National Road Implementation Unit I; Muhammad\nAkhirun, president director of PT Dalihan Natolu Group; and Muhammad\nRayhan Dulasmi Piliang, director of PT Rona Na Mora.<\/p>\n
The first cluster concerns four road-construction projects run by the\nNorth Sumatra Public Works and Spatial Planning Agency, while the second\nrelates to two projects under North Sumatra National Road Implementation\nUnit I. The six projects were worth a total of around Rp231.8\nbillion.<\/p>\n
On 5 May 2026, the KPK announced that it had expanded its\ninvestigation using a general investigation warrant, meaning no suspects\nhad yet been named in the expanded probe.<\/p>\n
On 7 October 2026, the KPK announced that it had named eight\nsuspects, starting in September 2026.<\/p>\n
On 13 October 2026, the KPK announced the identities of the eight\nsuspects.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/kpk-examines-seven-suspects-in-expanded-north-sumatra-road-case-1792666448", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }