Prosecutor's Office Examines Assistant II Of The NTB Regional Secretariat Investigating Allegations Of Corruption In NCC Development

NTB - The West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) conducted an examination of Assistant II of the Regional Secretariat (Setda) of NTB Province Wildan.

Wildan was examined as a witness in the alleged corruption case in the construction of the NTB Convention Center (NCC).

"So, the examination continues in a marathon, every week someone is checked," said NTB Attorney General Efrien Saputera in Mataram, Thursday, November 14, as quoted by Antara.

"Lastly, the former assistant two was examined," he said.

The NTB Prosecutor's Office has scheduled further examination of other witnesses in this case. However, regarding the person examined by Efrien, he admitted that he had not received any information from investigators.

The NTB Prosecutor's Office has determined the status of case handling to the investigation stage based on the issuance of the Investigation Order of the Head of the NTB Prosecutor's Office Number: Print-09/N.2/Fd.1/10/2024 dated October 2, 2024.

He ensured that the increase in the status of case handling entered the investigation stage after his party found strong evidence of malicious intent in committing an unlawful act that resulted in indications of state financial losses.

Indications of state financial losses in this case arise from the cooperation process between the NTB Provincial Government and PT Lombok Plaza as the implementer of NCC development and management.

"So, until now the results of the cooperation from the construction of the NCC building have never seen a building," he said.

In addition, the NTB Provincial Government has never received payment compensation from PT Lombok Plaza as agreed in the cooperation agreement that was agreed since 2012.

The NTB Provincial Government's assets in the form of 3,163 square meters of land in collaboration with PT Lombok Plaza for the construction of the NCC are located on Jalan Bung Karno, Mataram City.

The government is collaborating by providing PT Lombok Plaza to utilize the land in the form of a certificate of construction for handover (BGS).

The construction of the NCC aims to accommodate international standard convention activities. Initially, the NTB Provincial Government collaborated on 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 based in Bali belongs to a foreign national from Singapore. The cooperation that was built used the Build On Operate Transfer (BOT) system or built managed 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 undergoing "beauty counts" 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.