4 Years Involved Broker In State Loss Project Of IDR 1.67 Billion, Pontianak Prosecutor's Office Arrests Former KPKNL Employee

PONTIANAK - The Pontianak District Attorney, West Kalimantan, arrested a former employee of the Pontianak State Property and Auction Service Office (KPKNL) with the initials AM on suspicion of committing corruption worth IDR 1.67 billion.

"Today we detained AM on suspicion of committing a criminal act of corruption for making illegal levies worth IDR 1.67 billion", said Head of the Special Crimes Section of the Pontianak Kejari, Banan Prasetya in a written statement in Pontianak, Antara on Tuesday, January 11.

He explained that his party on Tuesday also handed over the second stage of the suspect and evidence to the public prosecutor in the case of alleged corruption charges for illegal receipts at the Pontianak KPKNL environment by AM.

"In that case, the suspect is suspected of committing a criminal act for being a broker and receiving fees from an auction in the Pontianak KPKNL environment", he said.

He added that the disclosure of the case was based on public reports related to the alleged corruption committed by the suspect in carrying out illegal levies.

"There is a strong suspicion that the suspect AM carried out illegal levies from 2015 to 2019, for personal interests with the potential for state losses of around IDR 1.6 billion", he said.

The suspect AM was detained at the Pontianak Class IIA Prison while awaiting further legal proceedings, and his case was immediately transferred to the Pontianak Corruption Court. AM is threatened with Article 12 letter e or Article 128 paragraph (2) or Article 11 of the Law on the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption, with a minimum sentence of four years and a maximum of 20 years in prison.