First Trial 5 Defendants Of Corruption Procurement Of Corn Seeds Distanbun NTB Held August 12

The inaugural trial of the corruption case of the work recipient committee (PPHP) for the procurement of corn seeds at the West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Agriculture and Plantation Service (Distanbun) with five defendants will be held on Monday 12 August.

The five defendants were the PPHP team in the 2017 budget year corn seed procurement project, namely Ruslan Abubakar, I Komang Alit Yasa, Lalu Isnajaya, Muhammad Ilham El Muharrir and Lalu Willi Pranegara.

"From the results of the appointment of the chairman of the court, the trial for the five defendants of corn seed corruption is scheduled for Monday next week," said Mataram District Court spokesman Kelik Trimargo in Mataram, NTB, Monday, August 5, as reported by Antara.

The inaugural trial with the agenda of reading the indictments of the five defendants has determined the composition of the panel of judges, chaired by I Ketut Somanasa.

He conveyed that his party had uploaded information on the case belonging to five defendants with Number: 23/Pid.Sus-TPK/2024/PN Mtr on the case tracing information system (SIPP) of the Mataram District Court.

In the case that was registered by the public prosecutor on August 2, 2024, the full names of the five defendants and the public prosecutor were described.

All defendants are currently undergoing detention by the public prosecutor starting July 29, 2024.

Regarding the indictment for the five defendants, the court has not yet explained it to the Mataram District Court SIPP.

However, from the investigation process of the NTB Prosecutor's Office, it was revealed that the five defendants had the status of suspects who were suspected of violating Article 2 paragraph (1) and/or Article 3 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the eradication of criminal acts of corruption as amended by Law no. 20 of 2001 jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) 1 of the Criminal Code.

The prosecutor's investigator applied the criminal allegation on suspicion of not checking the work results, but directly signed a letter stating that the work was in accordance with the contract document.

As a result of this act, it was revealed that almost all corn seeds could not be planted by farmers due to damaged and moldy seed conditions.

This has been strengthened based on the results of the audit on the calculation of state financial losses from BPKP NTB which states the overall value of the procurement as a total loss.

The corn seed procurement project for the 2017 fiscal year costs IDR 48.25 billion, and the distribution of corn seeds is carried out in two stages.

The first stage was carried out by PT Sinta Agro Mandiri (SAM) belonging to the convict Aryanto Prametu with a budget of IDR 17.25 billion for the procurement of 480 tons of corn seeds. The second stage was carried out by PT Wahana Banu Sejahtera (WBS) belonging to the convict Lalu IkhwanulRIBy with a budget of IDR 31 billion for 840 tons of corn seeds.

From this procurement, the prosecutor's office had previously revealed four suspects who are now inmates. They are Khusnul Fauzi, the former Head of the NTB Distanbun, Wayan Wikanaya as the project PPK, and two directors of corn seed providers, namely Aryanto Prametu and Lalu IkhwanulHubby.

In the files of four convicts, the prosecutor's office in the indictment included the results of the NTB BPKP audit of Rp27.35 billion.

State losses in this case have been charged to two convicts who act as seed providers, namely Lalu IkhwanulHubby and Aryanto Prametu.