Police Complete Corruption Files For Former Village Head Suspect Of PTSL Extortion In OKU

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BATURAJA - The Corruption Crime Unit (Tipikor) of the Ogan Komering Ulu Police (OKU), South Sumatra handed over the case file for the illegal levy (extortion) for the complete systematic land registration program (PTSL) which was held in Bindu Village in 2018.

OKU Police Chief, AKBP Arif Harsono said that in this case the police named a suspect, namely the former village head (Kades) Bindu, Semidang Aji District with the initials SH (59).

He said that after going through a long investigation process, the case file was finally declared complete or P21 so that this case was immediately transferred to the OKU District Attorney.

"Today we will also hand over the case file to the prosecutor's office for further processing," he said.

He said the suspect SH himself was arrested on March 16, 2023 after evidence such as land certificates and several other files were declared complete.

From the results of the investigation conducted by the OKU Police Corruption Unit, the suspect was proven to have committed extortion in the management of PTSL in Bindu Village.

"Based on the decision of the Minister of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Disadvantaged Regions, and the Ministry of Agrarian Affairs, the levies justified in the PTSL program are only IDR 200,000 per file," he explained.

However, the facts obtained from the results of the investigation concerned have collected Rp500,000 for each land file from the community.

"So there is a difference of Rp. 300,000 which is used for personal gain," said the Police Chief.

To launch the action, the suspect while still serving as village head formed a committee for PTSL management by setting a price of IDR 500,000 per one land certificate.

"In 2018 there were 366 PTSL applications that were managed by the suspect. For one file, the difference was Rp. 300,000 so that the total money was Rp. 109,800,000," he said.

For his actions, suspect SH was charged with Article 12 letter c, Article 11 of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning amendments to the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the eradication of criminal acts of corruption.