Disbursement Of Funds At Basarnas Related To Procurement Of Goods And Services Investigated By KPK

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is investigating the disbursement of money at the National SAR Agency (Basarnas) from Agustinus Tri Setiawan as the operator staff in the Basarnas Finance Section for the 2014 period.

This step is to investigate allegations of corruption in the procurement of trucks carrying 4WD personnel and rescue carrier vehicles and/or procurement of other goods and services for the 2012-2018 period.

"Witnesses of ATS were present and investigated regarding the disbursement of the budget at Basarnas," said KPK spokesman Tessa Mahardika to reporters in a written statement, Tuesday, October 15.

Tessa said the examination was carried out at the KPK's Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta on Monday, October 14. ATS was examined with three other witnesses, namely BW, AHP, and SM.

Meanwhile, from the information gathered, they are Bambang Wigati as Director of PT Galang Artha Mandiri; Anang Hendri Prayogo as Head of the PHP Section of the Bogor City Land Office; and the Maharani BR Series. Karo as Head of Control and Handling of Disputes for BPN Kab. Bogor 1.

From the witnesses, known as Tessa, BW was not present because he had changed addresses. Meanwhile, for others, AHP and SM were questioned about the suspect's assets.

"The two witnesses were investigated regarding the ownership of the suspect's land," said the spokesman with the investigator's background.

As previously reported, the KPK detained former Sestama Basarnas Max Rudand Boseke on Tuesday, June 25. He is in an orange dream because he is a suspect in alleged corruption in the procurement of trucks carrying 4WD personnel and rescue carrier vehicles and/or procurement of other service goods for the 2012-2018 period.

The detention was also carried out on two other suspects. They are Anjar Sulistiyono who is a Commitment Making Officer (PPK) who is also the Head of Sub-Directorate for Prosecution and Briefing of the Directorate of Facilities and Infrastructure of Basarnas and William Sidarta who is the Director of CV Delima Mandiri.

KPK Director of Investigation Asep Guntur Rahayu detailed that this case began when Basarnas submitted a proposal for a Budget Work Plan and the Ministry (RKA-K/L) based on the Strategic Plan of the National SAR Agency 2010-2014. One of them is the Procurement of a 4 WD Personnel Transport Truck amounting to IDR 47.6 billion and Rescue Carrier Vehicle of IDR 48.7 billion," he explained at a press conference, Tuesday, June 25.

From this process, Max then received Rp2.5 billion in cash in the form of an ATM and a cash withdrawal slip from William. He then used the money to buy ornamental fish and shop for other personal needs.

As a result of the actions of the suspects, the state then lost up to Rp20.4 billion. They were then suspected of violating Article 2 paragraph (1) or Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 Paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code.