DJKA Case: KPK Examines PT Len Railway Systems Employee as Witness

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradication Commission examined an employee of PT Len Railway Systems, a subsidiary of PT Len Industri (Persero), as a witness in the alleged bribery case for the construction and maintenance of railway lines at the Directorate General of Railways, Ministry of Transportation.

“The examination took place at the KPK’s Red and White Building for UL, an employee of PT Len Railway Systems,” said KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to reporters in Jakarta on Friday.

In addition to UL, he continued, the KPK also examined MH, the owner of PT Dwifarita Fajarkharisma and PT Hapsaka Mas, as a witness in the case.

According to KPK records, witness UL arrived at 09:48 WIB, while MH arrived at 08:55 WIB.

Currently, BTP Class I for Central Java Region has been renamed to BTP Class I Semarang.

The KPK then designated 10 individuals as suspects who were immediately detained in connection with alleged corruption in the construction and maintenance projects of railway tracks in Java, Sumatra, and Sulawesi.

The alleged corruption case occurred in projects such as the double-track railway construction from Solo Balapan-Kadipiro-Kalioso, railway track construction in Makassar, South Sulawesi, four railway track construction projects and two supervision projects in Lampegan, Cianjur, West Java, as well as the repair project for level crossings in Java-Sumatra.

In these construction and maintenance projects, it is alleged that there was manipulation of the project implementers’ winners through engineering from the administrative process to the determination of the tender winner.