KPK confiscates DJKA corruption money from former Transportation Minister Budi Karya’s expert staff

JAKARTA.NIAGA.ASIA – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) confiscated a sum of money during the examination of the expert staff of the Minister of Transportation at the time of Budi Karya Sumadi and Dudy Purwagandhi, Robby Kurniawan, Monday, May 18, 2026.

The money is believed to be linked to an alleged corruption case in a railway line construction and maintenance project at the General Directorate of Railways of the Ministry of Transport.

“As part of the continued investigation into the DJKA case, investigators yesterday carried out an examination, including the confiscation of the restitution of a sum of money which, in the construction of this case, was allegedly received by brother RK through brother BB. Yesterday, an examination was also carried out,” KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo told reporters Tuesday, May 18, 2026 evening.

The amount of money confiscated from Robby was worth hundreds of millions of rupees. However, the Corruption Eradication Committee did not provide detailed information on the BB initials in question.

“Of course, this also complements the previous information, especially regarding the alleged flow of money from private parties to RB or RK’s relatives,” Budi said.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) questioned Robby as a witness on Tuesday, May 5, 2026. He was investigated regarding the packaging or conspiracy of goods and services or vendors working on projects at DJKA.

The examination aims to complete the case file of suspect Sudewo (SDW), who is a former member of the DPR RI and former Regent of Pati.

Robby served as Special Staff for Logistics and Multimodal when Budi Karya Sumadi was Minister of Transportation during the era of the 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo (Jokowi).

Budi Karya was also questioned in this case at the BPKP Office in Semarang City on Monday, March 9. At that time, Budi was questioned about the work of the DJKA project in a number of areas on the islands of Sumatra and Java, marked by bribes.

Not only that, Budi Karya was also asked about the involvement of the legislators of Commission V DPR RI for the 2019-2024 period. This information was requested by investigators to investigate the actions of Sudewo, who was named as a suspect, as well as to look for the involvement of other parties.

The KPK suspects that suspect Sudewo received fees from the DJKA project through a trusted person while he was a member of Commission V DPR RI for the period 2019-2024.

The Corruption Eradication Committee (KPK) stressed that it will further investigate the alleged flow of funds to other members of Commission V of the House of Representatives. Based on the facts of the trial and previous decisions, 19 members and leaders of Commission V DPR were suspected of being involved in this case.

These are Lasarus (PDIP); Ridwan Bae (Golkar); Hamka Baco Kady (Golkar); Sudewo (Gerindra); Novita Wijayanti (Gerindra); Sumail Abdallah (Gerindra).

Next, Ali Mufthi (Golkar); Ishak Mekki (Democrat); Lasmi Indaryani (Democrat); Neng Eem Marhamah Zulfa Hiz (PKB); Sofiane Ali (PKB); Mochamad Herviano Widyatama (PDIP); Sukur H. Nababan (PDIP); Sudjadi (PDIP); Sadarestuwati (PDIP); Sri Rahayu (PDIP); Sarcé Bandaso Tandiasik (PDIP); Fadholi (Nasdem); and Sri Wahyuni ​​​​(Nasdem).

The alleged corruption case at the DJKA of the Ministry of Transportation began with an undercover operation (OTT) on April 11, 2023. From this OTT, the Corruption Eradication Committee (KPK) indicted 10 people as suspects. Some of them are PT Istana Putra Company Owner Agung Dion Renato Sugiarto, PPK BTP Semarang Bernard Hasibuan and Head of BTP Semarang Putu Sumarjaya.

Developing this case, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested around 21 suspects consisting of elements from the Ministry of Transportation, members of the DPR and the private sector.

Author: G Sitompul | Publisher: Intoniswan

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