Sidoarjo Prosecutor Detains 2 PTSL Corruption Suspects

SIDOARJO - Investigators from the District Attorney's Office (Kejari) in Sidoarjo, East Java (East Java) have detained two suspects with the initials MR and MA in connection with a corruption case involving the Complete Systematic Land Registration (PTSL).

The Head of Intel's Prosecutor's Office, Sidoarjo Aditya Rakatama, said the detention of the two suspects was a development of the case that dragged the former Suko Village Head with the initials RC who had been arrested earlier in the 2021 PTSL corruption case in a local village.

"Two suspects this time are hamlet heads in a local village," he said, quoted by Antara, Thursday, April 7.

Both were detained at the East Java High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) for the next 20 days to facilitate the investigation of officers in exploring this case.

"Actually, there is one more suspect with the initials RA, but he did not fulfill the investigator's summons because he was sick," he said.

He said the role of the two suspects was to attend a meeting with the former village head and determine the value of the levy money to PTSL applicants.

"Some of the money they received was then handed over to the former village head and the rest they used themselves. Each PTSL applicant was withdrawn between Rp. 2.5 million to Rp. 5 million," he said.

In this case, the two suspects are suspected of Article 12 letter e of the Republic of Indonesia Law no. 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to the Law of the Republic of Indonesia No. 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption with a minimum imprisonment of 4 years and a maximum of 20 years and a minimum fine of Rp. 200 million and a maximum of Rp. 1 billion.

"Or Article 11 of RI Law No. 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to RI Law No. 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption with a minimum imprisonment of 1 year and a maximum of 5 years and a minimum fine of IDR 50 million to IDR 250 million," he said. .