KPK summons 11 witnesses for Billy Sindoro

Billy Sindoro is one of the suspects in Meikarta project permits bribery case.

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) summoned 11 witnesses for Billy Sindoro on Wednesday. KPK spokesperson Febri Diansyah explained the witnesses comprised of private party and civil servants.

KPK investigators to questioned Satriyadi from the private party, Head of the Department of Licensing Land Acquisition Edi Dwi Soesianto, civil servants of the Bekasi Regency Fire Brigade Service Gilang Yudha B, and Head of the Housing Settlement Office and Land Andi. Beside that officers of Department of Investment and the One Stop Service (DPMPTSP) Bekasi namely Kasimin, Entin and Sukmawatty Karnahadijat also were on the list of witnesses.

KPK has also summoned Head of Transportation Office of Bekasi Regency Suhup, Head of West Java Provincial Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) officer H.M Guntoro, Head of Bekasi District Office of Damage Counseling and Prevention Asep Buchori, and honorary officer of Bekasi District Government Dini Damkar Bashirotun Nisa.</span>

On Tuesday, KPK summoned two witnesses for the executive of diversified conglomerate Lippo Group who was named as suspect in a bribery case concerning the issuance of property permits for the modern city of Meikarta, the group’s flagship project.

“Investigators today is scheduled to examine two witnesses for suspect BS (Billy Sindoro) in investigation of Meikarta project permits bribery case,” said KPK spokesperson Yuyuk Andriati on Tuesday (Oct 23).

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The two witnesses are retired civil servant (PNS) named Daryanto and private employee named Joseph Christopher Mailool. KPK has also examined Bekasi Regent Neneng Hassanah Yasin who was named as suspect, as witness for Billy.

KPK asked Neneng about the initial licensing process until the space agreement, related to Meikarta project. The anti graft institution has named at least eight suspects in this case.

Among the suspects are Lippo Group consultans named Taryudi and Fitra Djaja Purnama, also the group employee named Henry Jasmen. Then, Administration’s Public Works and Housing (PUPR) Agency head Jamaludin, Investment Service and Integrated Licensing Services head Dewi Tisnawati, Fire Departement head Sahat Maju Banjar Nahor, and Bekasi regency PUPR Agency’s spatial planning division head Neneng Rahmi as suspects.

Bekasi Regent and other elements in regency government allegedly received gifts or promises from businessmen regarding the licensing of Meikarta development project. The gift in this case was allegedly part of the fee commitment of the first project phase and not the first of the total commitment of Rp 13 billion through a number of agencies.

The Meikarta case is the second corruption case that Billy has been implicated in, as he was convicted of bribery in a broadcast monopoly case in 2009. At the time, KPK suspected him of bribing a member of the Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU), Muhammad Iqbal, to influence the ruling of a case pertaining to broadcasting rights of a sports program.

A team of KPK investigators arrested Billy, who served as the then-president director of cable television company First Media, a subsidiary of the Lippo Group, at a hotel lobby in Jakarta during an operation in September 2008 and seized Rp 500 million that the businessman gave to Iqbal. The corruption court eventually found the businessman guilty in the case and sentenced him to three years behind bars and a fine of Rp 200 million.

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