Former Director Of PT BSP Zapin Detained Regarding Corruption In The Construction Of MFO Factory

Mantan Direktur PT BSP Zapin saat akan ditahan di Rutan Kelas I Pekanbaru setelah menjalani pemeriksaan dan ditetapkan sebagai tersangka. (ANTARA/HO-Kejari Pekanbaru)

RIAU - Pekanbaru District Attorney (Kejari) detained former Director of PT Bumi Siak Pusako (BSP) Zapin with the initials F. Detention F related to alleged corruption in the construction activities of the Marine Fuel Oil (MFO) factory sourced from capital investment funds for business entities owned by PT BSP in the 2016 fiscal year.

The head of the Pekanbaru Kejari (Kajari), Asep Sontani Sunarya, said that F, who is a suspect in the case that cost the state finances more than Rp. 8 billion, has been detained at the Pekanbaru Detention Center for the next 20 days since Monday, October 2 night.

"Regarding this case, we have received a report on the results of the audit on the calculation of state financial losses from the Riau Province Representative Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP)," said Kajari in Riau, Tuesday, October 3, as quoted by Antara.

Based on the calculation results, the state's financial losses related to this case amounted to Rp. 8,175,600,000.

He explained, in 2016 F as Director of PT BSP Zapin, which is a subsidiary of PT BSP, played an important role in investment approval for the construction of an MFO factory in the Tanjung Buton Industrial Estate (KITB) in Siak Regency.

One of them is the creation of a Feasibility Study as a basis for investment approval at a general meeting of shareholders (GMS) using incorrect data.

"So that investment in the construction of the MFO factory in KITB Siak has not yet had AMDAL for B3 and non-B3 waste," he explained.

Apart from PT BSP Zapin, there is another subsidiary that plays a role, namely PT Zapin Energi Sejahtera (ZES). "Until today, the construction of the MFO factory has never been implemented or realized and the investment fund of Rp. 8 billion has actually run out," he said.

For his actions, suspect F was charged with Article 2 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law (UU) of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31 of 1999 as amended and supplemented by Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 20 of 2001 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption, in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code