Investigating Allegations Of Money Laundering, The Prosecutor's Office Examines The Boss Of The West Sumbawa Perusda Partner Suspect For Corruption In Capital Participation

NTB - Special Criminal Investigators of the West Sumbawa District Attorney's Office (Kejari) examined EK, Director of CV Putra Andalan Marine (PAM) who is a suspect in alleged corruption of government capital investment funds to regional companies (Perusda) for the 2016-2021 period.

Head of the Special Crimes Section of the West Sumbawa Kejari Lalu Irwan Suyadi revealed, EK is the company boss of the West Sumbawa Perusda working partner.

"This is just an additional examination for the completeness of EK's case file," said Irwan when contacted from Mataram, Tuesday, November 7, as reported by Antara.

He said this investigation was related to the investigation of money laundering (TPPU) from the main case.

"There is no connection with the money laundering offense. It is still a matter of the main case (corruption of capital investment funds)," he said.

For the progress of the TPPU, Irwan confirmed that it had entered the investigation stage. However, the development of the case has not led to the determination of the suspect.

"It's still common (investigation). There are no suspects yet. The process is still examining witnesses," he said.

Meanwhile, EK's legal adviser, Lalu Anton Hariawan, said that he accompanied his client to undergo an examination at the West Sumbawa Kejari Office.

He said that during the examination that took place today, investigators confronted his client's statement with the Director of Perusda West Sumbawa for the 2020-2024 period Muhammad Rizal.

"Confronted with the problem of money deposited into the Perusda," said Anton.

Kejari Sumbawa Barat menetapkan status dari penanganan perkara ini ke tahap penyidikan berdasarkan hasil gelar perkara pada akhir Maret 2023.

The investigation leads to the alleged violation of Article 2 paragraph (1) and/or Article 3 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 64 of the Criminal Code.

The alleged article relates to allegations of abuse of capital participation in Perusda West Sumbawa.

During the 2016 to 2021 period of management, Perusda was recorded to have received a budget of IDR 7.2 billion. There is a distribution of profits regulated in the capital participation.

However, during that six-year period, Perusda was recorded as only able to share a profit with local governments of Rp. 386 million. This nominal is far from the rules of the agreement in capital participation.

The suspects in this case are two people. Apart from EK, investigators named the former Acting Director of Perusda West Sumbawa with the initials SS as a suspect.