The development of a three-story building for the relocation of street vendors in Malioboro area, Yogyakarta Special Administrative Province was prone to irregularities. The construction of the IDR62 billion building had the highest corruption risk in the province in 2018, according to Opentender.net (hereinafter referred to as Open Tender) developed by the Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW). Nation-wide, it was the number eight most high-risk construction project during the year.

Laporan Keuangan ICW 2019

Three journalists in Yogyakarta Special Administrative Province investigate fraud allegations in government project. They are Arif Hernawan from Gatra, Haris Firdaus from Kompas, and Bhekti Suryani from Harian Jogja. By using Opentender.net, their investigation focused on a trade center construction project for street vendors in Malioboro area.

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COALITION REFUSING CRIMINALIZATION AND CASE MANIPULATION (KATROK)
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Jakarta, April 23, 2020

Bhekti Suryani, a Harian Jogja journalist, smiled with satisfaction as she found out Gatot Saptadi bans the Regional Government Organizations of Yogyakarta Province from using quick tender method without careful consideration. Gatot, who at that time still served as the Regional Secretary of Yogyakarta Province, admitted that the quick tender method used in the first phase of a construction project of a trade center for Malioboro street vendors violated the rules.

On 25 June 2018, the Coordinating Ministry of Political, Law and Human Rights inaugurated their newly renovated media center. The building now has several floors and additional workspace for the Illegal Levy Eradication Task Force and special bureau for Papua.

Indonesia already has a Law on Public Information Disclosure Number 14 of 2008 which provides everyone the right to access information managed by the government. This law also requires the government to be transparent and to publish their information.

We, the undersigning civil society organisations, have been monitoring developments in Indonesia regarding the revision of the law governing Indonesia’s anti-corruption agency, the Corruption Eradication Commission or locally known as Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (KPK).

We share the grave concerns of Indonesia’s leading civil society corruption watchdog groups regarding the implications of recent amendments to the KPK law, which endanger the anti-corruption agency’s independence and undermine its ability to effectively prevent, investigate and prosecute corruption.