Kupastuntas.co, Bandar Lampung - The Special Criminal Directorate of the Lampung Regional Police (Ditkrimsus Polda) has examined as many as 260 witnesses in the alleged corruption case of the Marga Tiga Dam in East Lampung Regency (Lamtim). However, so far no suspects have been identified.

The Directorate of Criminal Investigation for the Lampung Regional Police, Kombes Pol Donny Arif Praptomo, said that 260 witnesses had been examined in the Marga Tiga Dam case.

Donny explained, the witnesses who had been examined were 1 PPK for land acquisition, 1 PPK for dams, 1 head of land acquisition implementation (Head of BPN Lamtim), 1 executive secretary for land acquisition, 28 members of task force B, and 32 applicants for growing plants, buildings and ponds.

"There were also witnesses: 1 village head, 191 land owners, 331 plots, 2 people from the central BPN, 1 person from KJPP Jakarta, and 1 person from LMAN of the Indonesian Ministry of Finance," he said, Tuesday (25/7).

Unfortunately, Donny was not willing to reveal the results of the examination of these witnesses. He revealed, currently his party is still waiting for the results of the calculation of state losses from BPKP Lampung.

Unila's legal observer, Yusdianto, encouraged the Lampung Police to thoroughly investigate all the corruptors in the procurement of the Marga Tiga Dam land in East Lampung, which has the potential to cause losses to the state of IDR 50 billion.

Yusdianto said that if the two pieces of evidence have been met, the Lampung Police should not hesitate to name the suspects in this case.

"If you look at the course of the alleged corruption case, this is a serious crime. Of course, law enforcement officials must be committed to resolving this problem because it has become a public concern," he said.

He explained that this action hindered development in Indonesia. Around Rp. 50 billion should have been allocated for other developments, but instead it was corrupted. "Because it's corrupted, it can't be used for other infrastructure developments," he said.

According to him, the KPK can investigate allegations of corruption in the procurement of the Marga Tiga Dam land if you look at the state's sizable losses.

"That is the authority of the prosecutor and the KPK can take over. If you look at the series that have been handled by the police, the KPK usually doesn't want to get too involved because the police have handled it from the start," he added.

He added that the handling of criminal acts of corruption requires the thoroughness of investigators, especially since hundreds of witnesses have been summoned. And the witnesses who were examined must have known about the occurrence of the crime.

Just to note, the alleged corruption case of the Marga Tiga Dam emerged on January 10, 2020 when the location for the construction of the dam was determined which was a national strategic project.

At the time of the investigation, it was found that there were allegations of corruption in the procurement of inundated land in Trimulyo Village, Sekampung District.

During the inspection, there were 299 parcels of land for which compensation had been paid for crops, buildings, ponds and fish worth Rp. 79,546,673,464.

"From these values, there is a mark-up or fictitious and planting after location determination with a total difference in compensation payments that has the potential to cause state financial losses of Rp. 50,411,095,236 (results according to the BPKP audit)," said Dirreskrimsus Polda Lampung, Kombes Pol Donny Arief Praptono, at that time.

Donny explained that the motive for the alleged corruption case was to enter fictitious data during the (initial) inventory and identification, carry out growing plantings and other activities after the Location Determination (Penlok).

Then, the BPKP said that it would recalculate the value of compensation for growing crops on the plot of land that will be used for the inundation of the Marga Tiga Dam which is in Trimulyo Village, Sekampung District, East Lampung.

Meanwhile, East Lampung Police Chief AKBP Zaky Alkazar Nasution, explained that his party was ready to assist the BPKP team who would carry out the recount. In addition, the community in the local area is also ensured conducive.

"We support the efforts made by the government, one of which is related to the BPKP which will carry out a recount. We support it with the data we have. In addition, the people there are also conducive," he said.(*)

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