West Pasaman District Attorney Detains Former DPRD Member Suspect In Fictitious Service Case

PASAMAN BARAT - The West Pasaman District Attorney (Kejari) has detained a former member of the West Pasaman DPRD with the initials IS related to the alleged irregularities of fictitious official travel for the 2019 fiscal year.

Head of Special Operations Unit, Andy Suryadi, said that previously IS had been named as suspects along with the four former members of the DPRD for the 2014-2019 period.

"Previously the suspect was unable to attend when summoned because he was sick after undergoing surgery. Today he was summoned and after undergoing an examination of approximately five hours as a suspect and the results of the examination of the medical team of the suspect being healthy, he was immediately detained," he said, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, November 23.

According to him, IS was detained and placed in the West Pasaman Police detention house before being transferred to the Corruption Court in Padang.

Andy said IS was named a suspect along with four other former DPRD members on October 29, 2021.

"The suspect was very cooperative when questioned. There was no difficulty in examining the suspect," he said.

With the detention of one suspect, the West Pasaman Kejari has detained five suspects in that case.

"In this case, his party continues to examine a number of parties involved in the case. It is possible that there will be new suspects," he said.

The suspects are suspected of committing acts of corruption in the official travel budget at the West Pasaman DPRD Secretary in 2019 and 2018 with an absorbed budget of around Rp. 27,165,361,405 of the total budget of Rp. 32,015,823,405.

"The state loss due to the suspect's actions is approximately Rp. 650 million," he said.

He said the detention of the suspect was carried out after the investigation team found evidence of alleged corruption and from the statements of witnesses.

"We have examined more than 30 witnesses and with documentary evidence. This is just the initial stage and will continue to be developed, there will be new suspects later," he said.

The suspects are subject to Article 2 paragraph 1, subsidiary to Article 3 of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 31 of 1999 which was changed to Indonesian Law Number 20 of 2021 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption.

"We will continue to develop this case process by calling witnesses again," he said.