Police Reveal Why WIKA Has Not Been Named a Suspect in Djatiroto Sugar Factory Corruption Case Despite Raid

Jakarta – Although the office of PT Wijaya Karya (WIKA) was raided, the Police’s Corruption Eradication Corps (Kortastipidkor) has yet to name any party from the state-owned enterprise as a suspect in the alleged corruption case involving the construction of the Asembagoes Sugar Factory in Situbondo, East Java. Investigators stressed that the inquiry is still underway and all evidence seized, including items from searches at several companies, continues to be analysed to identify those responsible.

Head of the Investigation Team at the Kortastipidkor’s Corruption Crime Directorate, Senior Commissioner Gunawan, stated that the investigation has not stopped with the two suspects already named. “Regarding Wijaya Karya, we need to convey that Kortastipidkor investigators are certainly continuing the investigation process,” Gunawan said on Wednesday.

To date, investigators have only named two suspects: DPP, the Managing Director of PTPN XI for the 2015–2017 period, and TD, the Managing Director of PT Multinas Indonesia. However, Gunawan confirmed that investigators are not ruling out the possibility of naming new suspects if sufficient evidence is found. “Going forward, it is not impossible that if there are parties who, based on adequate and strong evidence, will also be held accountable,” he said.

According to him, the two suspects were named because the case review indicated they played the most dominant roles in the alleged irregularities of the sugar factory modernisation project. “At this initial stage, we named two suspects based on the consideration that, according to our case review, from the existing evidence, these two parties had a significant role in this incident,” he stated.

Gunawan revealed that the search of WIKA’s office yielded several pieces of evidence deemed important for clarifying the construction of the case. Although no money was found, the documents and data obtained were considered to have evidentiary value in the investigation. “We will continue to analyse every piece of evidence we obtain that is relevant to our investigation process, regardless of whether it comes from WIKA, PT Barata, or other parties,” he said.