The Prosecutor's Office Examines The Former NTB Provincial Secretary For The NCC Corruption Case

West Nusa Tenggara High Prosecutor's Office investigators examined former NTB Provincial Secretary Muhammad Nur regarding the investigation into the alleged corruption case of NTB Convention Center (NCC) development guarantee funds.

Assistant for Intelligence at the NTB Attorney General's Office, I Wayan Riana, confirmed that the investigation of the former Provincial Secretary during the TGH period Muhammad Zainul Majdi as Governor of NTB was related to the investigation into the alleged corruption case of the NCC.

"Yes, that's right," said Riana as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, September 18.

Apart from Muhammad Nur, there was also the former Head of the NTB Provincial PUPR Office, Dwi Sugiyanto, who was also investigated in the case. "The nature of the clarification is because it is still being investigated," he said.

Based on information, the two former NTB officials underwent examination starting at 09.00 WITA. Muhammad Nur appeared to have left the NTB Prosecutor's Office building at around 11.00 WITA and was followed by Dwi Sugiyanto who left the building about 30 minutes later.

Dwi Sugiyanto, who was met after the examination, said that he had complied with the prosecutor's invitation to provide clarification regarding the NCC issue. He also admitted that he had invited this clarification for the second time.

"Yes, (checked) the second time," said Dwi, who then rushed away from the crowd of journalists.

The construction of the NCC which aims to be a forum for international standard convention activities will take place in 2010. The NTB Provincial Government cooperates in development and management with PT Indosinga Invetama Lombok.

In the draft PT Indosinga Invetama Lombok, the construction of the NCC building which occupies a government area of 3.2 hectares in Mataram City is worth IDR 384 billion.

The company, which is based in Bali, belongs to a foreign national from Singapore. The cooperation that was built used the Builddonpperate transfer (BOT) system or built and controlled for 30 years.

From the cooperation contract which was then signed by the Governor of NTB TGH Muhammad Zainul Majdi with the Director of PT Indosinga, the NTB Provincial Government will receive compensation of Rp12 billion.

However, after the agreement, the construction did not go according to the agreement. According to the news, the Director of PT Indosinga Lim Chong Siong died so that the cooperation did not continue.

Then at the end of April 2013, the NTB Provincial Government announced the winner of the tender for the NCC development project worth Rp360 billion, namely PT Lombok Plaza based in Bali and Lombok.

PT Lombok Plaza beat its rival PT Blitz Property based in Jakarta. The two investors are part of eight investors who underwent a beauty contest organized by the NTB Provincial Government in late 2012.

As the winner of the tender, PT Lombok Plaza took over the management of assets belonging to the NTB Provincial Government by tearing down the building that had previously been built by PT Indosinga. The buildings are the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) Health Laboratory and offices.

Until now, it is known that the area is still in the form of vacant land. There are allegations of a cooperation project with PT Lombok Plaza stalled or not running according to the agreement.