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Two Jakarta-owned firms in hot seat over corruption allegations
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Governor's Hall, City Hall, in Central Jakarta. (JP/Seto Wardhana )
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wo city-owned developers Perumda Pembangunan Sarana Jaya and PT Jakarta Propertindo (Jakpro) are in the spotlight in a “preliminary examination” launched by law enforcement authorities into alleged graft in the businesses.
The National Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) has questioned Sarana Jaya officials about alleged graft, while the Corruption Eradication Commission has done the same with Jakpro.
“Yes, we are conducting a preliminary examination in Sarana Jaya,” National Police spokesperson Brig. Gen. Argo Yuwono told The Jakarta Post on Thursday.
The move was taken after the police received a tip indicating that the company might have been involved in graft and money laundering activities in the purchase of a plot of land to build its zero-rupiah down payment apartment complexes from 2018 to 2020. He confirmed that several Sarana Jaya employees had been summoned for questioning to the Bareskrim headquarters in South Jakarta.
“We still need to clarify the report, whether there was a violation of the 1999 Corruption Crime Law or not,” he added.
KPK spokesperson Ali Fikri said his agency had also conducted a preliminary examination of Jakpro to determine whether there had been graft in one of its business projects.
He declined to disclose the specific project, saying the investigation was ongoing. He said investigators were gathering evidence and that if there was no evidence against the company, the agency would halt its probe, while if evidence was found, investigators would proceed with a formal investigation.
