BPK Said About The Deputy Chairman Of The AJP Initials Called The Defendant Jiwasraya Benny Tjokro

JAKARTA - The defendant in the Jiwasraya case Benny Tjokro named a high-ranking Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) official and associated himself with another defendant at trial at the Jakarta Corruption Court on Thursday, October 22.

Benny Tjokro said that the beginning of all the cases against him was an investigative audit report from the Supreme Audit Agency. He said, when the audit team was working at the BPK office, one of the team members was ordered by the Deputy Chairman of the BPK with the initials AJP to arrest him.

Head of the Bureau of Public Relations and International Cooperation Selvia Vivi Devianti spoke about the initials of the Deputy Chairperson of the BPK AJP mentioned at the hearing. He said that currently the Jiwasraya case has entered the court.

Because of this, the BPK did not want to provide an opinion that would interfere with the process. Regarding the Jiwasraya case, according to Selvia, the BPK has conducted an investigative examination and the State Loss Calculation (PKN) based on a professional request by law enforcement officials based on the strict and measurable State Financial Audit Standards (SPKN).

Selvia said all examination results were submitted to the House of Representatives or the Law Enforcement Officials as a form of accountability. "The BPK respects all the results of the trial at the Corruption Court in the Jiwasraya case," he said, in a written statement received by VOI, Saturday, October 24.

Regarding statements that could interfere with both the reputation and credibility of BPK as an institution, he said, the PKN results report published by BPK was a support from the law enforcement process, or pro justicia carried out by law enforcement officials, in this case the Attorney General's Office.

Unlike other types of BPK audits or audits, PKN is carried out on condition that law enforcers have entered the investigation stage. The law enforcement apparatus is determined to determine the suspect, in this case by the Attorney General's Office.

Procedurally, law enforcement officials submit to the BPK to conduct PKN. The next stage is exposure, or a case title. Where at this stage, the investigator provides information regarding the construction of illegal acts that contain malicious intentions.

From the title of the case that has been submitted by law enforcement officials with an investigation of sufficient preliminary evidence, the BPK concluded that the construction of the illegal act was clear, and had been supported by adequate preliminary evidence.

"On this basis, the calculation of state losses can be carried out. PKN is carried out by applying SPKN," he said.

Currently, said Selvia, Benny Tjokro is also facing an investigation process in the defamation case against the BPK leadership. He emphasized that the BPK leadership has never protected certain parties in the examination or enforced audit results without clear evidence.

"BPK calculates PKN with the construction of illegal acts and the suspect is determined by the Attorney General's Office," he explained.