This is a corruption case in which former railway director Prasetyo is suspected

Jakarta –

Office of the Attorney General (Attorney General) arrested former Director General of Railways at the Ministry of Transport Prasetyo Boeditjahjono in connection with the corruption case in the construction of the Besitang-Langsa railway line at the Medan Railway Engineering Center in 2015-2023. This case cost the state IDR 1.15 trillion.

Dirdik Jampidsus Abdul Qohar explained at a press conference at the Attorney General’s Office, Jl Sultan Hasanuddin, South Jakarta, Sunday (3/11/2024), that Medan Railway Technical Center class 1 (BTP) was building Trans Sumatra Railways railway line. , one of them was the Besitang-Langsa.

“The development budget is IDR 1.3 trillion, which comes from SBSN, state sharia security,” said Qohar.

The tender winning process was also designed. Starting from construction auctions without technical supply documents approved by technical officials, to choosing supply certification methods that are against the rules of supply of goods and services.

“It is known that there was no FS or feasibility study prior to the construction of the Besitang-Langsa railway, there was no document confirming the route of the railway which the Minister of Transport and the KPA PPK and the management consultant deliberately ‘ move where the railway was. the construction of a line that did not comply with the design documents and road class to “The Besitang-Langsa railway line has collapsed or deteriorated and is not operable or unusable,” said Qohar.

In the process of building the railway line, Prasetyo received a fee through PPK of IDR 2.6 billion from PT WTC. “Due to the actions of Brother PB, the construction of the railway could not work, causing a state loss of IDR 1.15 trillion,” he continued.

Previously, the Attorney General’s Office arrested and named Prasetyo as a suspect in an alleged corruption case for the Medan Railway Engineering Center’s Besitang-Langsa railway construction project in 2015-2023 .

“We will pressurize PB at the Salemba Detention Center for the next 20 days,” said Abdul Qohar.

For his actions, Prasetyo was suspected of violating Article 2 or Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law No. 31 of 1999 regarding the eradication of Corruption as amended by Law No. 20 of 2021 regarding amendments to Law No. 3q of 1999 regarding the eradication of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph 1 to 1 of the Criminal Code.

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