Criminal Investigation Unit Confiscates IDR 11 Billion Distributed In 843 Accounts Owned By ACT

JAKARTA - The National Police's Criminal Investigation Unit confiscated IDR 11 billion in cash belonging to the Aksi Cepat Tanggap (ACT) charity. The money was obtained from 843 accounts that had been blocked by the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK).

"We have blocked it, the total balance is around IDR 11 billion", said Head of Sub-Directorate 4 of the Directorate of Special Economic Crimes at the National Police's Criminal Investigation Department, Commissioner Andri Sudarmaji, to VOI, Wednesday, August 3.

Even though tens of billions have been confiscated, the process of tracing assets and the flow of funds is still being carried out. Because it is believed that there are still things that have not been revealed.

On the previous occasion, the Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Public Relations Division, Commissioner Nurul Azizah, said investigators would also clarify 777 accounts belonging to ACT to the Ministry of Social Affairs. The goal is to sort out accounts belonging to charitable foundations that are registered and those that are not.

"Based on the results of the coordination meeting at the Ministry of Social Affairs, investigators will clarify and trace 777 accounts of the ACT foundation to find out which accounts are registered and which are not registered with the Ministry of Social Affairs as the foundation's official accounts", said Nurul.

ACT is suspected of misappropriating donation funds from Boeing for victims of the Lion Air JT-610 plane crash worth IDR 34 billion.

Boeing provides aid funds for victims of the Lion Air JT-610 plane crash for around IDR 138 billion. However, only IDR 103 billion was used.

In this case, Ahyudin and Ibn Khajar have been named as suspects. They are former presidents of ACT.

Then, investigators also named two other ACT officials as suspects. They had the initials H and NIA as members of the ACT advisors.

The suspects were charged with Articles 372 and 374 of the Criminal Code, Article 45a Paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 28 Paragraph 1 of the ITE Law.

The suspect is also charged with Article 70 Paragraphs 1 and 2 in conjunction with Article 5 of Law No. 28 of 2004 concerning foundations. As well as Articles 3, 4 and 5 regarding ML and Article 55 Jo 56 of the Criminal Code with the threat of 20 years in prison