Pati Regent Indicted for Rp3.8 Billion in Bribes and Gratuities in DJKA Case
Semarang (ANTARA) - Non-active Pati Regent Sudewo has been indicted for allegedly accepting bribes and gratuities totalling Rp3.8 billion from several projects under the Directorate General of Railways (DJKA) at the Ministry of Transportation.
Public Prosecutor Joko Hermawan stated during a hearing at the Semarang Corruption Court on Monday that the bribes and gratuities originated from project contractors and commitment-making officials (PPK) involved in various railway infrastructure projects.
In the first indictment, the defendant, in his capacity as a member of the House of Representatives’ Commission V from 2021 to 2023, is accused of receiving bribes totalling Rp1.3 billion from several contractors implementing railway projects for the Central Java and East Java Railway Engineering Centres.
Nur Hidayat, an associate, secured work at JGMS through a joint operation scheme (KSO) with another construction provider. ‘Nur Hidayat still received a fee of Rp450 million despite not carrying out any work in the KSO,’ the prosecutor stated during the session presided over by Judge Edwin Pudyono.
The defendant also allegedly received a bribe of Rp200 million from Ferry Septha Indrianto, Director of PT Indria Putra Persada, as a fee for the Solo-Semarang double track project (JGSS 1) won by the company. Another sum of Rp200 million was said to be a 0.5 percent fee from the JGSS 6 project, which had a contract value of Rp143 billion, paid by Dion Renato Sugiarto.
Prosecutors also charged Sudewo with receiving gratuities in the form of cash and goods valued at Rp2.4 billion. Joko explained that the gratuities, also linked to several DJKA projects, included Rp2.3 billion in cash from Nur Hidayat. Additionally, the defendant received a gratuity in the form of road repairs in front of his house in the Kadipiro area of Surakarta, valued at Rp150 million, which was provided by JGSS project commitment-making official Dheki Martin.
For his actions, the defendant is charged under Article 12 letter b of Law Number 31 of 1999, as amended and supplemented by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning the Eradication of Corruption, or Article 606 paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code on corruption. In the second indictment concerning the receipt of gratuities, the prosecutor charged the defendant under Article 12 B of Law Number 31 of 1999, as amended and supplemented by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning the Eradication of Corruption.