STKIP Bima TPPU Case, NTB Police Searches Flow Of Funds Through PPATK Data

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West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Regional Police (Polda) confirmed that the investigation into the alleged embezzlement of the Bima Teacher Training and Education College Foundation (STKIP) budget will continue.

"The case is still in process, we have also coordinated with PPATK to ensure evidence of the crime of money laundering," said Director of General Criminal Investigation of the NTB Police Kombes Pol Teddy Ristiawan in Mataram, Friday.

The strengthening of the evidence, he explained, was related to the withdrawal of the budget in cash. The flow of the budget withdrawal is now included in the investigation material.

"So, from the results of the PPATK, we are still investigating. Because we have not received complete information about the flow of the budget anywhere," he said.

The police are handling this case based on a report referring to the criminal decision on embezzlement of the STKIP Bima foundation budget.

In this case, a large number of losses emerged. This has been followed up by the campus in the form of a police report so that it is included in the handling of the money laundering offense case.

For the main criminal case of embezzlement of the STKIP Bima foundation budget, a permanent legal decision has been obtained from the NTB High Court Appeal Judge, dated July 21, 2022.

In the decision at the appeal level, the judge upheld the decision of the Raba Bima District Court with case number 69/Pid.B/2022/PN Rbi dated May 31, 2022.

The verdict in the first instance court sentenced three defendants, namely Muhammad Sopyan, three years in prison; Amran Amir, two years in prison; and Muhammad Fakhri, eight months in prison.

Amran Amir, is the former Chair of STKIP Bima for the 2016-2020 period. Then Muhammad Fakhri, Chairman of the IKIP Bima Foundation for the 2019-2020 period, while Muhammad Sopyan, Head of the General Administration for the 2016-2019 period and Head of the Finance Section for the 2019-2020 period.

The panel of judges at the Raba Bima District Court stated that the three defendants were legally and convincingly proven guilty of committing a criminal act together and continuously committing a criminal act of embezzlement in office.

The verdict is in accordance with the single indictment of the public prosecutor, namely Article 374 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code jo. Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.

However, in the criminal decision there was no statement that charged three convicts to compensate for the losses that appeared according to the results of the independent audit of the campus worth Rp. 19.34 billion.