Workers union urges city to settle corruption cases<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The workers union at the city-owned tap water
\ncompany PAM demanded on Tuesday the City Council push the city
\nadministration to settle corruption cases at city-owned
\ncompanies.<\/p>\n
\"The City Council's Team 11 earlier announced the existence of
\ncorruption cases totaling between Rp 1.3 trillion to Rp 1.6
\ntrillion (US$185 million to 228 million),\" the union's chairman
\nIdris Mansuri said, without giving details.<\/p>\n
The council established Team 11 early last month to evaluate
\nPAM Jaya's water management deal with its two foreign partners,
\nPT Thames Pam Jaya (TPJ) and PT Pam Lyonnaise Jaya (Palyja).<\/p>\n
\"We also found corruption costing at least Rp 126 billion in
\nPam Jaya's projects,\" Idris added.<\/p>\n
He said there were at least three major projects where 10
\npercent of the value of each project had been corrupted.<\/p>\n
\"The projects were PAM Jaya System Improvement Project (PJSIP)
\nworth Rp 400 billion, the Zone 3 and 6 piping projects also worth
\nRp 400 billion and the Buaran 2 piping project worth Rp 350
\nbillion,\" Idris said.<\/p>\n
\"PAM Jaya executives corrupted Rp 115 billion from those
\nprojects,\" he said, while citing the union had found a lot of
\nfictions works and those which did not meet the company's
\nstandards and requirements.<\/p>\n
\"For example, we found pipes not installed in sand as they
\nwere supposed to be. Where has all the money and sand gone?\" said
\nIdris, while hinting that the union had uncovered a loss of Rp 11
\nbillion worth of pipes and accessories.<\/p>\n
\"We've checked it and found that the total loss from the three
\nprojects was Rp 126 billion,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Idris also said PAM Jaya executives had used workers' money to
\nbuy 30 Timor sedans without their consent.<\/p>\n
\"The money belonged to the worker's cooperative and has been
\nused illegally,\" he said.<\/p>\n
\"The sedans were bought at Rp 40 million each while the market
\nprice was Rp 50 million at the time of purchase.<\/p>\n
\"The company then sold the sedans to Palyja and TPJ executives
\nfor Rp 10 million each.\"<\/p>\n
Idris set a three-day deadline for the City Council to issue
\nan order to the city administration to cancel the water
\nmanagement deal.<\/p>\n
\"We'll be here on Friday to know the final decision on the
\nwater deal,\" said Idris to the councilors.<\/p>\n
Team 11's chairman Tarmidi Suhardjo, from the Indonesian
\nDemocratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) faction, said the
\nteam's duty was to issue a recommendation on the water management
\ndeal.<\/p>\n
\"The team doesn't have any authority to decide on the deal,
\nwhether to continue with it or not. It's up to the council
\nspeaker to do so,\" said Tarmidi.<\/p>\n
He, however, promised to reveal the truth in all the
\ncorruption cases.<\/p>\n
\"The team will ask the council leaders to have a say on the
\ncorruption cases,\" he said. (05)<\/p>",
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