I Ketut Wiryadinata, Staf Khusus Jero Wacik Diperiksa KPK
Indonesian Energy Minister Special Staff Questiones by KPK
Reporter : Rusdi Kamal
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - I Ketut Wiryadinata, Staf Khusus Menteri Energi dan Sumber Daya Mineral diperiksa Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (KPK) sebagai saksi dalam kasus tindak pidana korupsi pemerasan di Kementerian ESDM dengan tersangka Jero Wacik, mantan Menteri ESDM.
"Ya dipanggil sebagai saksi untuk JW (Jero Wacik)," kata Kepala Bagian Pemberitaan dan Informasi Priharsa Nugraha, di Kantor KPK, Jakarta, Kamis.
I Ketut Wiryadinata diketahui merupakan teman masa kecil Jero dan sudah menjadi staf khusus sejak 2006, saat masih menjadi Menteri Pariwisata dan Kebudayaan.
Seperti dikutip dari laman Ikatan Alumni Institut Teknologi Bandung tertanggal 16 Agustus 2010 mengenai wawancara dengan I Ketut Wiryadinata, diketahui bahwa mereka hanya terpaut setahun karena Wiryadinata adalah alumni ITB angkatan 71 jurusan Ekonomi, sedangkan Jero Wacik merupakan alumni ITB angkatan 70 jurusan Teknik Mesin.
Wiryadinata sejak 1 Juni 2006 menjadi staf khusus Mendbudpar bidang Pemasaran, Informasi telematika dan Kerja Sama Luar Negeri.
Mereka berteman sejak kelas 4 Sekolah Dasar pada 1962 hingga berkuliah di ITB.
Selain memeriksa I Ketut, KPK juga memanggil lima saksi lain untuk kasus ini yaitu Mantan Sekjen ESDM Waryono Karno, Kabag Kerjasama Biro Perencanaan Kerjasama ESDM Athena Fallahti, Kasubag Tata Usaha Setjen ESDM Asep Permana, pihak swasta Indah Pratiwi, dan Direktur Indopos Don Kardono.
Don telah diperiksa pada Selasa (9/9) namun seusai pemeriksaan ia menolak memberikan pernyataan apapun.
Jakarta (B2B) - Indonesian Anti-graft Commission (KPK) on Thursday questioned I Ketut Wiryadinata, special staff member of Jero Wacik, energy and mineral resources minister, who has been named a suspect in an alleged extortion case.
"Yes, he has been summoned for questioning as a witness," Priharsa Nugraha, head of KPKs Information and Media Publication Affairs, reported here on Thursday.
I Ketut Wiryadinata is known to be a close friend of Jero Wacik since they were young and has been Jero Waciks special staff member since 2006, when Wacik was the minister for tourism and culture.
The website of the Bandung-based Institute of Technology (ITB) had published on August 16, 2010, an interview with I Ketut Wiryadinata, which said that both were graduates of the institute. Wacik was 1970 batch, while Wiryadinata was 1971 batch.
They were friends since 1962 when they studied grade IV in an elementary school until they graduated at the ITB. Their parents were also friends.
Besides questioning Wiryadinata, the KPK has summoned five other witnesses--former secretary general of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Waryono Karno, Planning Bureau Chief of ESDM Athena Fallahti, head of Administration Affairs of the ESDM Secretariat General Asep Permana, Indah Pratiwi (from a private firm), and director of Indopos Don Dardono.
Don had also been questioned earlier on Tuesday, but he refused to comment after the examination.
The KPK, on Wednesday (September 3), named Jero Wacik as a suspect in an extortion case where he received Rp9.9 billion, KPK Deputy Chairman Bambang Widjojanto stated here on Wednesday last week.
