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Prosecutors Probe Wider Involvement in Ministry of Public Works Corruption Case

From Tempo · () Indonesian

Translated from Indonesian, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Prosecutors are investigating further involvement of other parties in a corruption case within the Ministry of Public Works and Housing.
  • Two new suspects, civil servants Muhammad Taufiq and Sukino, were arrested for allegedly engineering fictitious projects, causing a loss of Rp 16 billion.
  • This investigation expands upon previous charges against six other individuals, including former officials and private company directors.

Prosecutors in Jakarta are deepening their investigation into a corruption case involving projects at the Ministry of Public Works and Housing, focusing on the potential involvement of additional parties. This intensified scrutiny follows the arrest of two new suspects.

The two newly detained individuals, Muhammad Taufiq (MT) and Sukino (SKN), are civil servants within the Directorate General of Cipta Karya at the Ministry. They are accused of fabricating fictitious projects between 2023 and 2024, which allegedly resulted in state losses amounting to Rp 16 billion. Both have been detained for 20 days.

Currently, investigators continue to develop the investigation by examining witnesses, state finance experts, and suspects, as well as tracking and seizing assets to increase the recovery of state financial losses.

— Dapot DariarmaDapot Dariarma, Head of Legal Information at the DKI Jakarta High Prosecutor's Office, detailed the ongoing efforts in the corruption investigation.

According to Dapot Dariarma, Head of Legal Information at the DKI Jakarta High Prosecutor's Office, the investigation is actively expanding. This includes examining witnesses, state finance experts, and the suspects themselves, alongside efforts to track and seize assets to recover state losses. The probe specifically targets alleged corruption in routine spending within the Secretariat of the Directorate General of Cipta Karya from 2023 to 2025.

These new arrests add to a previous indictment of six individuals. The earlier suspects include RW, director of CV TAS; JSR, director of PT BKS (a project service provider); Riono Suprapto, former Secretary of the Directorate General of Cipta Karya; Adi Suaidi, Commitment Making Officer; Yosiandi Radi Wicaksono, former Acting Director of Irrigation and Swamp; and Dwi Purwantoro, former Director General of Water Resources at the Ministry. Prosecutors allege Yosiandi engaged in bribery, extortion, and abuse of power across several projects, while Dwi Purwantoro was already detained as a suspect since May 2026. RW and JSR are accused of collaborating on the fictitious projects that led to the Rp 16 billion loss.

The suspects are detained starting today, Thursday, June 25, 2026, for the next twenty days in Class I Cipinang detention center.

— Dapot DariarmaDapot Dariarma announced the detention period for the two new suspects in the corruption case.
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