Oegroseno Speaks Out After Kortas Tipikor Examination Over Land Case

Former Deputy National Police Chief Commissioner General (Ret.) Oegroseno has claimed that the process of granting Sespolwan land in Ciputat to the Jakarta Provincial Government was in accordance with regulations. He made this statement after providing clarification regarding the land grant process to investigators from the Police Corruption Eradication Corps (Kortas Tipidkor) at the National Police Criminal Investigation Unit (Bareskrim Polri) on Thursday (30/7).

“Regarding the grant, the land grant at Sepolwan to the Jakarta Provincial Government, it was not touched at all because the process was already in accordance with existing regulations, namely that grants must use Law Number 1 of 2004 concerning State Finances,” Oegroseno said. “So we are not allowed to do asset swaps or ‘ruslag’ between government agencies. That is what I did regarding the grant,” he continued.

After the Sespolwan land grant process was completed, Oegroseno said that in 2012, while serving as Head of the Police Education and Training Institute (Kalemdiklat Polri), he then submitted a request for grant funding support to the Jakarta Provincial Government. The grant funding support was for the construction process of the Police Staff and Command School (Sespim Polri) in Lembang. “The amount was almost Rp121 billion. I signed the letter,” he stated.

The breakdown of the funds was Rp51 billion to Rp54 billion for the construction of infrastructure at Sespim Polri, Rp44 billion for the improvement of educational facilities at Sepolwan and Lemdiklat, and Rp25 billion for land acquisition to expand state-owned assets at Sespim Polri.

Specifically regarding the land acquisition, Oegroseno explained that the purchase originated from a proposal by the then Head of Sespim Polri, Surmana Yudi Yulistia, to expand Sespim Polri’s assets by approximately five hectares. At that time, the land price was estimated at around Rp500,000 per square metre, so the budget requirement was approximately Rp25 billion. According to him, the land was indeed intended for educational development and could not be used for other purposes. “In the end, we took the land, purchased through the land procurement committee. I signed the committee’s warrant, but the personnel consisted of members from the Police Logistics division at the time,” he said.

During the process, the National Police ultimately acquired 6.3 hectares of land, which was 1.3 hectares more than the initial target of five hectares. After the entire process was completed, the landowner visited Oegroseno to give him Rp1 billion as a token of gratitude. However, Oegroseno claimed he refused the money. “Because I learned from my previous leaders, the National Police Chief, Regional Police Chiefs, Resort Police Chiefs, I learned from them. Do not accept any money from the public. I am not being hypocritical. Regarding our work, the work of the National Police, we should not accept money from the public,” he said.

Not only that, the landowner also offered Oegroseno a plot of land measuring 1,000 square metres, which he also refused. “In the end, the landowner gave the land to the National Police. So perhaps the additional 1.3 hectares, one of the 1,000-square-metre plots, was a gift from the landowner,” he said.

Furthermore, Oegroseno regretted that the grant and land procurement processes were never audited by the Police General Supervision Inspectorate (Itwasum) or examined by the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK). “It was never examined or audited by our internal audit, our auditor, which is Itwasum. It was also never audited by the BPK RI, and the National Police always received an Unqualified Opinion (WTP) from the BPK,” he said.

He assessed that if any issues were indeed found, they were likely only related to administration and should have been handled first through the internal oversight mechanism. “If I study matters relating to administration, once again, there may be administrative errors, perhaps, but I have not found them yet. However, the initial handling should have been by Itwasum,” he said.

Previously, Kortas Tipidkor Polri had again sent a clarification invitation to Oegroseno regarding the Sepolwan land procurement case. Head of Kortas Tipidkor Polri, Inspector General Totok Suharyanto, stated that the clarification invitation was not an attempt to criminalise the former Deputy National Police Chief. He explained that the case originated from a public complaint regarding alleged criminal acts in the Sepolwan land procurement process. Totok assured that the investigation process was proceeding in accordance with applicable legal corridors. “So, this investigation is intended to determine whether this incident constitutes a criminal act of corruption or not,” he told reporters on Thursday (23/7). Totok added that the process of inviting someone for clarification is also regulated in Article 16 paragraph 1 letters c and j of the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP) to obtain information as part of the investigation method.