Joko Concerned About Cleaning Service At The Attorney General's Office With A Budget Of Rp. 100 Million. Audited By Bareskrim

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JAKARTA - Bareskrim Polri investigators audited an account belonging to Joko Prihatin, a cleaning service for the Attorney General's Office (AGO) which has a balance of Rp100 million. The money is stored in two bank accounts.

"Yes, yesterday the investigators conducted the audit," said Karo Penmas, Police Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Awi Setiyono, to reporters, Thursday, October 1.

However, Awi did not explain the results of the audit of the two accounts belonging to Joko. The reason is, it enters the realm of investigation.

"Because this has been included in the investigation material I cannot convey it. I'm sorry," he said.

Separately, the Director of the Directorate of General Crimes (Dittipidum) of the National Police, Brigadier General Ferdy Sambo, said investigators asked BRI and Mandiri Bank to provide the cleaning service's checking account.

"(Investigators) asked for a printed bank statement for the past five years," he said.

Information about Joko Prihatin's account containing Rp100 million emerged during a working meeting between the DPR and the Attorney General's Office on Thursday, September 24.

Member of Commission III of the DPR Arteria Dahlan asked the Attorney General ST Burhanuddin regarding the accuracy of the information. Because in addition to receiving assistance, the witness also had hundreds of millions of rupiah in his account.

"Is it true that the checking account had more than one hundred million cash on the cleaning service? Is it true that he was examined accompanied by his former JAM subordinates," said Arteria.

In a virtual meeting, Fadil said, the cleaning service witness was examined several times with a lie detector machine to reveal what was actually known and done.

"Regarding other roles, if there are any later, we will not cover up. We will dismantle whoever the perpetrators, both internally, and contractors who are involved here," said Fadil.

However, Fadil's answer did not satisfy Arteria. The PDIP politician then searched for Fadil regarding the hundreds of millions of rupiah bills and access to the sixth floor of the Main Office of the Attorney General's Office, where the fire was known to have started.

Responding to this, Fadil only explained that the cleaning service does have access to the sixth floor, even though it is on the lower floor. He added that investigators are still looking into why they have access and also money with a large enough value.

"There is access to the sixth floor. During the investigation process, it was reported to the prosecutor whom I appointed but this is in the process of investigation," said Fadil.

"We will understand what the money is and where it will come from later because the investigation process was not yet pro justitia. When this investigation we asked the investigators to reveal where the money came from," he added.