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KPK questions House member Ribka Tjiptaning in graft case
Following her questioning on Thursday at the KPK headquarters, the House lawmaker from the PDI-P faction questioned the timing of the case involving a 2012 procurement project, suggesting that it was likely being politicized ahead of next week's election.
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The distinctive red-and-white facade of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters (left) in Jakarta appears in this photo taken on June 27, 2023. (AFP/Bay Ismoyo)
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he Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) questioned House of Representatives member Ribka Tjiptaning on Thursday over alleged corruption in the procurement of a system to protect migrant workers for the Manpower Ministry in 2012, when she chaired House Commission IX overseeing demographic affairs, health and manpower issues.
Apart from Ribka, a representative from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) faction, the KPK also questioned two other witnesses: civil servant Ruslan Irianto Simbolon and private employee Bunamas.
"We also confirm the importance of the presence of this witness, because we have information [on] allegations from certain parties about [the involvement] of intermediaries who recommended vendors or contractors” in connection with the project, KPK spokesman Ali Fikri said on Thursday in Jakarta, as quoted by CNN Indonesia.
Ali asserted that the case was purely a matter of law enforcement and was unrelated to politics.
The KPK has estimated that the alleged corruption had cost the state Rp 17.6 billion (US$1.1 million) out of a total budget of Rp 20 billion for the procurement project.
KPK deputy chair Alexander Marwata said the estimated loss was based on the findings of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK).
The antigraft body earlier named as suspects and detained three people in the same case: Reyna Usman, the ministry’s director general of worker placement and transmigration development in 2012-2015; I Nyoman Darmanta, secretary of the ministry’s Planning and Development Agency; and Karunia, a director at PT Adi Inti Mandiri.
