Sultan HB X Will Not Give Legal Aid To The Head Of The DIY Dispertaru Suspects Of The Village Treasury Land Mafia

Yogyakarta Governor Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X/ANTARA/Luqman Hakim

YOGYAKARTA - Governor of the Special Region of Yogyakarta Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X emphasized that he would not provide legal assistance to the Head of the DIY Land and Spatial Planning Office, Krido Suprayitno, who has been named a suspect in the village treasury mafia case.

Sultan HB X said that the determination of the status of a suspect by the DIY High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) was a consequence of the alleged criminal act committed by Krido.

"That's the consequence itself for what he does himself, it's his own responsibility. I'm only proportional, it won't help anything, it's up to the law," Sultan said as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, July 18.

According to Sultan, as Head of Dispertaru DIY, Krido Suprayitno should use his authority to ensure that there is no fraud, not actually cooperate with perpetrators of corruption in the use of village treasury land in his area.

He emphasized that anyone involved in the case of misappropriation of village treasury land is confirmed to be in conflict with the law.

"He has the heart, I have the heart too. If that's the case for me, because it's impossible for what he did not realize it. It must be realized because he did not follow the procedure, so the consequences are legal," said Sultan.

Ngarsa Dalem, as Sultan HB X is called, asked Krido Suprayitno to provide an open statement to investigators from the DIY High Prosecutor's Office.

"Those are all the consequences of what he did and did. So I hope that Pak Krido will be open to what happened," he said.

In addition to harming state finances, according to the Sultan, the case of misappropriation of village treasury land in DIY which allegedly involved Krido also harmed the Yogyakarta Palace as the owner of the land.

"We are the palace of how many tens of billions (the value of the loss). The land has changed status, the land is lost. Yes, the local government (losses) are small because they only collect from levies or taxes," said the Sultan who is also the King of the Yogyakarta Palace.

Therefore, according to the Sultan, the Yogyakarta Palace will also sue those who have abused the land.

"Later, when there is certainty (the law), which is clear, the Palace will demand its right to land loss because it feels aggrieved, maybe tens of billions if the price is," said Sultan HB X.

Previously, the DIY Attorney General's Office named the Head of Dispertaru DIY Krido Suprayitno as a suspect based on the results of the development of alleged corruption in the use of village treasury lands in Caturtunggal Village, Sleman with the accused President Director of PT Deztama Putri Sentosa, Robinson Saalino.

Krido as the Head of the DIY Dispertaru is suspected of neglecting Robinson's actions, which has increased the area of village treasury land leased by PT. Deztama from 5,000 square meters to 16,215 square meters illegally or without the governor's permission.

Krido allegedly received gratuities from Robinson in the form of two plots of land located in Purwomartani, Kalasan, Sleman in 2022 covering an area of 600 square meters and 800 square meters for IDR 4.5 billion, respectively.

In addition to land, the suspect also received a cash gratuity of around Rp. 211 million which was withdrawn from the BRI account ATM on behalf of Novy Kristianti, Robinson's wife.

Thus, the total gratuity that Krido allegedly received reached around Rp. 4.7 billion and had caused state financial losses, especially Caturtunggal Village, amounting to Rp. 2.9 billion.