An Employee Of The Tangerang City Industry And Trade Agency Becomes A Suspect In Market Procurement Corruption
TANGERANG - The Tangerang District Attorney's Office (Kejari) has named four suspects related to the corruption case in the Environmental Market Procurement, Tangerang City.
The Head of the Tangerang City Attorney General's Office (Kajari) Erich Folanda explained that the 4 suspects committed corruption regarding the procurement of markets through the 2017 budget, the Tangerang City Industry and Trade Office (Disperindag).
He added that one of the suspects was an employee who worked at the Tangerang City Industry and Trade Agency with the initials OSS. Meanwhile, AA is the Director of PT Nisara Karya Nusantara.
For AR as the Site Manager of PT Nisara Karya Nusantara and DI as the recipient of the authorization from the Director of PT Nisara Karya Nusantara.
"(They are) suspects in the construction of the Environmental Market in Gebang Raya Village," Erich told reporters at the Tangerang City Attorney's Office, Tuesday, May 10.
Erich explained that the amount of budget funds used through the Tangerang City Budget for the development of the market was IDR 5,063,579,000.
"In the past (OSS) was at the head of the division at the time of corruption. The evidence was in the form of documents with letters from experts," he added.
Erich said that it was possible that there would be other new suspects. According to him, this case is a search of public reports.
He said that together with a team of building experts from the University of Muhammadiyah Tangerang, it was found that the quantity of the building did not meet specifications and it was found that many items were not installed according to the contract.
He suspects that this act was allegedly carried out by the suspects together.
"Thus resulting in state losses of Rp. 640,673,987. We will see later in the development of further investigations. And also developments in the facts of the trial," he said.
"Searching from community reports that we developed and carried out an investigation, then we found a mode that led to evidence, so we carried out an investigation. Until we made a report on all criminal acts in 2021," he continued.
On the occasion, Erich explained the role of OSS as PPK in signing a contract together with AA, then giving power to DI so that in carrying out the work AA was never actively involved. Meanwhile, the suspect DI together with AR carried out the construction of the market in 2017.
"In the process of work, many items or work are not installed, resulting in state financial losses," he said.
For their actions, the suspects will be charged with Article 2 paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 18 paragraph 1 of Law Number 31 1999 concerning the eradication of corruption.