KPK Probes Tender Arrangements for Railway Line Construction at Ministry of Transportation
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is probing the tender arrangements for the construction and maintenance of railway lines within the Ministry of Transportation.
KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo stated that the investigation involved examining a civil servant from the Ministry of Transportation named Dimas Reska Putra as a witness on 15 April 2026.
“Investigators are delving into the witness’s knowledge regarding tender arrangements within the Ministry of Transportation, including allegations of fees (rewards) given to PPK (commitment-making officials), pokja (working groups), and other parties,” Budi told journalists in Jakarta on Thursday.
Budi explained that Dimas Reska was questioned on these matters for the needs of the investigation into the alleged bribery case concerning the construction and maintenance of railway lines within the Directorate General of Railways (DJKA) of the Ministry of Transportation.
Previously, the case came to light following a raid operation (OTT) conducted by the KPK on 11 April 2023 at the Class I Central Java Region Railway Technical Office of the DJKA Ministry of Transportation.
The Class I Central Java Region Railway Technical Office has since been renamed the Class I Semarang Railway Technical Office.
The KPK then designated 10 suspects who were immediately detained in connection with the alleged corruption case involving railway track construction and maintenance projects in Java, Sumatra, and Sulawesi.
As of 20 January 2026, the KPK has designated and detained a total of 21 suspects. The KPK has also designated two corporations as suspects in the case.
The alleged criminal corruption case pertains to the double-track railway construction project from Solo Balapan-Kadipiro-Kalioso; the railway line construction project in Makassar, South Sulawesi; four railway track construction projects and two supervision projects in Lampegan Cianjur, West Java; and the level crossing repair project in Java-Sumatra.
In the construction and maintenance of these projects, it is alleged that certain parties arranged the winning project implementers through manipulation from the administrative process to the determination of the tender winner.