Former Principal Of SMK 1 Ambon Suspect Corruption Rp2.2 Billion

AMBON - The former head of the Ambon 1 Vocational High School, SL alias Seteven, was named by the Maluku Prosecutor's Office as a suspect in the alleged corruption of BOSNAS and BOSDA funds from the 2015 to 2018 Fiscal Years that cost the state Rp2.2 billion.

"Today SL underwent additional examination in the capacity of a suspect and was immediately detained at the Class II A detention center in Ambon," said Head of Penkum and Public Relations of the Maluku Attorney General's Office, Wahyudi Kareba in Ambon, quoted by Antara, Thursday, November 11.

This case has been investigated by the Maluku Attorney General's Office since 2020 after receiving reports from teachers at SMK 1 Ambon.

Meanwhile, the suspect's legal adviser, Abdusukur Kaliki, also confirmed that his client today underwent additional examination as a suspect in the alleged corruption case of BOSNAS and BOSDA funds from 2015-2018.

"Our client was asked more than 100 questions by the investigating prosecutor and then underwent a swab by the health team to undergo the prosecutor's detention process," he said.

The questions asked by investigators related to the management of BOSNAS and Bosda funds to requests for graduation fees from students, to the sale of a number of school assets.

However, the suspect explained that the request for graduation money from the student was after an agreement was made in a meeting at the school with the teachers because of the limited budget for the announcement of the student's graduation using the services of PT. POS and Giro.

"Then the sale of school assets that have been bleached such as typewriters and so on due to budget constraints is carried out by agreement with the deputy principals in a meeting where the result is around Rp. 9 million and the money is used or distributed to teachers," Abdusukur explained.

Specifically for BOSNAS and BOSDA funds, he said, the suspect only held the key to the safe but the one who knew the combination number was the BOS treasurer with the initials HN, while the school committee treasurer was TN.

"That's why we ask investigators if there are strong indications of the treasurer's involvement, they must also be named as suspects," said Kaliki.