The Result Of The Audit Is Out, The Police Immediately Named The Suspect In The Cattle Procurement Project At The Aceh Livestock Service Office

JAKARTA - The Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP) is still auditing the number of state losses in cattle procurement at the Aceh Livestock Service with a value of IDR 3.4 billion.

"Investigators are waiting for the results of the calculation of state losses. If the state losses are known, it will be followed up with the determination of the suspect", said Head of Public Relations of the Aceh Police, Winardy in Banda Aceh, reported by Antara, Wednesday, February 10.

Winardy said that the handling of the cattle procurement case had been improved from investigation to investigation. However, investigators have not yet named anyone a suspect.

"Later, investigators will conduct an investigation on the case for determining the suspect. The in-depth investigation is of course after knowing how much the state has lost. To find out the state's loss, an examination is carried out by the state audit agency, namely The Financial and Development Supervisory Agency", said Winardy.

The procurement of cattle at the Aceh Animal and Livestock Health Office is budgeted for in the 2017 budget year. The total budget is more than IDR 3.4 billion.

The case for procuring cows at The Regional Technical Implementation Unit (UPTD) of the Aceh Livestock Service came to the public in June 2020. At that time, hundreds of cows were found thin from the procurement. In fact, the budget for the procurement of hundreds of cows in The Regional Technical Implementation Unit has reached billions of rupiahs.

Previously, the Director of the Special Criminal Investigation of the Aceh Regional Police, Kombes Margiyanta, said that investigators had examined and asked for information from related parties, including procurement partners, service providers, procurement committees, and others.

The middle-ranking Police officer said that the investigation of the case was not only in Aceh but also in a number of places in Java, where the cattle were brought in.

"The investigators also went to Bekasi, asking for information from suppliers and animal health officers. This is because the cows were imported from Bekasi", said Kombes Margiyanta.

Apart from Bekasi, the investigation team from the Aceh Police Special Criminal Investigation Directorate also moved to Banyuwangi, East Java, to trace the origin of the thin cows.

"An investigation team was sent to Banyuwangi to dig up information by asking a number of parties related to the procurement of the cattle. We confirm that the investigation in this case continues", said Margiyanta.