The Judge Asked The KPK Prosecutor To Trace The Transfer Of Rp3 Billion In Money From The Defendant Of Bribery To A Woman Named Fitri

The trial of the alleged bribery case of the South Buru Regent who presented the defendant Liem Sin Tiong related to the alleged transfer of funds of Rp. 3 billion to someone named Fitri at the Ambon Corruption Court, Tuesday (25/7/2023). ANTARA/Daniel L.

The panel of judges at the Corruption Court at the Ambon District Court asked the Public Prosecutor's team (JPU) of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to trace the account number belonging to the defendant Liem Sin Tiong which found a flow of funds of Rp. 3 billion to someone named Fitri.

"The defendant LiemSinTiong was involved in the alleged bribery of former South Buru Regent Tagop Sudarsono Soulissa, but there is still a flow of funds worth Rp. 3 billion to another person named Fitri and recorded in the defendant's bank account," said Chief Justice of the Corruption Court Haris Tewa, in Ambon reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, July 25.

This affirmation was conveyed by the panel of judges in the trial with the agenda of examining the defendant LiemSinTiong in the alleged bribery case to Tagop Soulissa when she became Regent of South Buru, Maluku Province.

During the trial, the defendant LiemSinTong admitted that he transferred Rp3 billion to Fitri. However, not to Fitri, who is the wife of Gagop Sudarsono Soulissa, but the name of another Fitri as his acquaintance.

According to the panel of judges, the defendant's confession was deemed to be an irregularity. Therefore, the judge asked the KPK prosecutor to conduct a search for the expected flow of the transfer of funds.

Meanwhile, the Coordinator of the KPK Public Prosecutor's team, Taufiq Ibnugroho, stated that he would conduct a transfer of IDR 3 billion from the account of the defendant LiemSin Tiong.

According to him, the budget was very large so that based on the judge's request in the trial, the KPK would trace the transfer of funds recorded in the defendant's bank account.

"We also found that there were remittances between Rp. 10 million, Rp. 15 million and 20 million within one year to a total of Rp. 3 billion, and it was written there with information for Mrs. Fitri," said Taufiq.

"For us, there are irregularities about who Fitri's mother is, so in the trial the defendant Liem Sin Tiong also asked. Is what Fitri's mother is referring to is his wife Tagop Sudarsono Soulissa or another Fitri," he said.

He explained that in 2015, in May to be exact, there was a shipment of Rp250 million which was broken to Rp10 million, Rp15 million and Rp20 million, so the budget and the name of the sender or recipient will be traced because of its fantastic value.

"Because the number is very large, the KPK prosecutor asked who Mrs. Fitri was, but the defendant Tiong was still confused when answering questions in court," he said.

He revealed that the more than Rp3 billion was transferred through Liem Sin Tiong's account by writing down Mrs. Fitri's name as the recipient, and in contrast to other money amounting to Rp4 billion which was sent through Ivana Kwelju's account.