PPK Official Suspect Of Corruption Jalan Gunung Tunak NTB Escapes, Wife Says Not Coming Home Since Pretrial Was Rejected

The suspect with the initials SU in the corruption case of the road construction project to the Gunung Tunak Nature Tourism Park (TWA) escaped from the arrest of the Central Lombok District Attorney (Kejari) investigator. The suspect in this case is a commitment maker (PPK) official.

Head of the Special Crimes Section of the Central Lombok Kejari, Bratha Hariputra, said the arrests were made after the issuance of an arrest warrant from the Head of the Central Lombok Kejari.

"Yes, so we went there (SU's house) in accordance with the arrest warrant. Asked if there was a (suspect SU), answered no. You can show it inside (the house), it turns out that there is no (suspect SU)," said Bratha by telephone, Monday 7 October, confiscated by Antara.

From the statement of the suspect's wife, investigators received information that SU had not returned home since the pretrial decision was made in the case. There are allegations that suspect SU is already outside the area.

"Yes, it seems that (he has left the area) because the information from his wife said the last time the pretrial decision (he returned home)," he said.

Due to this condition, Bratha said that his party had not yet named the SU suspect on the prosecutor's wanted list (DPO).

"DPO status? Not yet. God willing, it will be soon, we can't issue the time immediately, there is a process," he said.

The Central Lombok Kejari team carried out the arrest activity at around 10.30 WITA by visiting the suspect SU's house in Ampenan, Mataram City.

The suspect SU in this case has previously been repeatedly summoned by investigators to be questioned as a suspect.

The Head of the Central Lombok Kejari, Nurintan, has said that investigators have summoned the suspect SU according to the procedure.

"Yes, actually we have summoned three suspects (SU) to appear before the prosecutor, but they have not yet been present. We are still waiting for the good faith," said Nurintan when met in Mataram, Monday, September 30.

Regarding the opportunity to forcefully pick up in accordance with the rules of the Criminal Procedure Code which allows investigators to do this if the person concerned is absent for no valid reason from the two summons, Nurintan confirmed the existence of the regulation.

"Forcibly input? Yes. However, we are still looking at the good faith concerned. We are still giving time, meaning that the official summons is in accordance with the rules, we have done that. In accordance with the SOP, we also call the person concerned through the media," he said.

Regarding the filing effort, Nurintan said that investigators are now just waiting for SU's statement in the examination as a suspect. If the investigator has received information from SU as a suspect, the investigator will continue to handle the transfer of files to the research prosecutor or stage one.

"For filing, everything is really neat, but we still need to carry out an examination (SU) as a suspect, then there is stage one," he said.

By conveying this, Nurintan emphasized that the condition of the suspect SU who was not present from three summons would not hinder the handling that the prosecutor's office had previously lost pretrial in the case.

"Later, there will still be forced efforts. Don't worry. We are going through the process (procedure). We learned from experience, because we were pretrial last year. So, this time we are really ready, don't let PP (pretrial) anymore," said Nurintan.

In handling this case, the Central Lombok Kejari has pocketed the results of an audit of the calculation of state financial losses (PKKN) from the NTB Inspectorate with a value of Rp333 million. Based on the audit results, the value of the loss arises from a lack of work.

In connection with this case, the Central Lombok Kejari has been recorded as having faced a pretrial lawsuit from three applicants who previously became suspects with the initials MNR, supervisory consultant, director of PT Indomine Utama as project implementer with the initials FS, and SU who is the project commitment maker (PPK) official.

The sole pretrial judge at the Praya District Court in a decision dated July 6, 2023 stated that the series of investigative actions carried out by the respondent (Kejari Lombok Tengah) against the applicant was invalid.

Despite losing the pretrial lawsuit, the prosecutor's office continues to investigate using a new investigation warrant.

The Central Lombok Kejari carried out this by referring to Article 2 paragraph (3) of the Regulation of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia Number 4 of 2016 which regulates that pretrial decisions do not invalidate the subject matter.

After conducting a re-investigation, SU, who is now a suspect again, filed a pretrial lawsuit. As a result, the pretrial judge at the Central Lombok District Court in a verdict on Tuesday (10/9) rejected the SU pretrial lawsuit.

The road project to Mount Tunak TWA was built in 2017. The construction was carried out through the budget of the NTB PUPR Service worth IDR 3 billion.

However, the road collapsed after a temporary handover of work from implementing partners from PT Indomine Utama to the government.

The damaged road condition is estimated to be 1 kilometer long. Based on these findings, the prosecutor conducted an investigation by finding indications of a lack of specifications and work volume according to the results of the examination by construction experts from East Nusa Tenggara (NTT).

The prosecutor in the previous investigation also collaborated with an auditist from a public accountant by referring to the results of the construction expert's examination.