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Jokowi leaves PLTU Riau graft case to KPK
Jokowi has said that he entrusted the Corruption Eradication Commision with a graft case surrounding the construction of a power plant in Riau.
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State-owned electricity firm PLN president director Sofyan Basir. (JP/Dhoni Setiawan)
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resident Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has said that he will not interfere with an investigation into a case of alleged graft surrounding the construction of a power plant in Riau, following the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) move to name state electricity firm PLN president director Sofyan Basir a suspect in the case.
Responding to the issue, Jokowi said on Wednesday he entrusted the case to the KPK.
Sofyan is the fifth suspect to be named in the case, following Golkar Party lawmaker Eni Maulani Saragih, businessman Johannes Budisutrisno Kotjo, former social affairs minister and Golkar politician Idrus Marham and coal mining company owner Samin Tan.
Eni, Johannes and Idrus have all been convicted, with prison sentences of six years, four-and-a-half years and three years, respectively, while Samin is still awaiting trial.
Johannes, a shareholder of Blackgold Natural Resources Ltd., was accused of giving kickbacks to Eni, Idrus and Sofyan to secure the right to develop a coal-fired steam power plant known as PLTU Riau 1.
During her interrogation and trial, Eni claimed she had been instructed to accept the bribes by Golkar leadership, saying that some of the money was used to fund the party's extraordinary national meeting (Munaslub) in December 2017.
"During the congress, Bu Eni became the committee’s treasurer. At that time, she asked for Rp 2 billion [US$136,767] from Pak Kotjo, which was later used for operational fees before, during and after the congress,” Eni's lawyer Fadli Nasution said last September.
