The Regional Representatives Council (DPD) reported four corruption cases in several regions to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Friday.

“We report these cases of alleged corruption based on reports from  the Supreme Audit Agency (BKP),”  DPD head of corruption eradication team Marwan Batubara said at the  KPK headquarters.

The reported cases included the project to procure a power generator and its equipment in Rokan Hulu Jaya in Riau province between 2005 and 2006.

There was an indication of state loses amounting to Rp 11.2 billion (US$945, 945) in the case, he said.

The second case was alleged misuse of financial assistance for Papua province, which was provided by the central government in 2006.

It involved alleged state loses of Rp 5.2 billion.

The third case was alleged corruption in the procurement of Korean second-hand vessels for tsunami victims in Aceh province between 2004 and 2007.

There was an indication of Rp 12.6 billion and $660,000 in state losses in the case that involved state-owned ferry  company PT ASDP.

The DPD also reported the indication of corruption in the procurement of electricity power engines for state-run power company PT PLN in Borang, South Sumatra.

The case allegedly cost the state some $6.5 billion in losses. “We give a special attention to this corruption case in Borang because we want the KPK to reveal the objective condition of the case,” Marwan said.

The reopening of the case, he added, is expected to uncover “lack of seriousness” on the part of the National Police and the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) in dealing with the case.

Last year, the the South Jakarta prosecutor’s office droped the Borang graft case, citing a lack of evidence to pursue it as the reason.

“We consider the decision as incorrect because the South Jakarta prosecutor’s office did not mention whether or not the case has no element of legal violations,” Marwan said.

He said the DPD demanded the KPK take over the case, saying the decision to halt the investigation smacked of  “something fishy”.

“It seems that the prosecutors  did not process the case on purpose,” Marwan said.

KPK spokesman Johan Budi said his office would evaluate the DPD report.  “Among the corruption cases in regions that have been reported by the DPD, we only handle some as some other cases are handed over to the AGO and the police for investigations,” he said.

Specific on the Borang case, the KPK needed to look into its egal process that led to the termination of the case, Johan said.

“However, any decision to halt a graft case is a legal product that we need to respect,” he added.

Graft scandals have revolved around PLN projects in the past, incluing one in Borang, which had implicated former PLN president director Eddie Widiono.

The AGO accused Eddie of illegally inflating the prices of two generators in Borang acquired for power plants, and of carrying out irregular contract tendering. The prosecutors later dropped the case.

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