City Government Land Case, 2 Officials Of The Bandung Zoo Foundation Become Suspects Arrested

JAKARTA - The West Java High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) has detained two suspects in the Bandung Zoo land case. Detention is carried out for the next 20 days.

The two are the Head of the Trustees at the Tamansari Bandung Wildlife Foundation with the initials S and the Head of the Tamansari Bandung Wildlife Foundation with the initials RBB.

"On November 25, 2024, after conducting an examination for about 6 hours, West Java Attorney General's Office investigators named S and RBB as suspects and detained at the Class IIA Bandung Women's State Detention Center for 20 days from November 25, 2024 to December 14, 2024," said Head of the Legal Information Section of the West Java Attorney General's Office Nur Sricahyawijaya in Bandung, Tuesday, November 26, confiscated by Antara.

Cahya explained, the land for the Bandung Zoo, which is located on Jl. Zoo No. 6 covering an area of > 139,943 m2, and on Jl. Zoo No. 4 covering an area of 285 m2, is Regional Property (BMD) of the Bandung City Government (Pemkot) which was obtained from buying and selling 12 fields and one field of exchange that has been recorded in the Model A Goods Inventory Card (KIB) at the Bandung City Government in 2005.

The land in question has been utilized by the Tamansari Bandung Wildlife Foundation since November 30, 2007, but now the use of land with leases has expired and there is no extension of land use in the form of leases.

"However, after the end of the lease for the Zoo land, the Tamansari Wildlife Foundation continued to utilize the Zoo's land without any deposits to the regional treasury owned by the Bandung City Government. So that after the agreement ended on November 30, 2007, the Taman Sari Wildlife Foundation had controlled and utilized the land owned by the Bandung City Government without rights," he said.

Cahya explained that based on the Notary Deed in May 2017, the management of the Tamansari Bandung Wildlife Foundation, suspect S as a member of the supervisor and suspect RBB as Secretary II, and Chairman of Management John Sumampauw.

From 2017 to 2020, suspect S has received the Zoo land rental money together with the RBB suspect, which amounted to Rp6 billion which was used for personal/family needs from John Sumampauw.

He continued, on January 21, 2022, there was a replacement for the management of the Tamansari Bandung Wildlife Foundation where the Chairperson of the Trustees was suspect S and as the Chairman of the Management was the suspect RBB, who had tupoksi in every action either going out or in on behalf of representing the Foundation or Management. there must be approval from the Chairman of the Trustees.

Since the management of suspect S and suspect RBB, he said, the use of the land should have been deposited into the Bandung City Government regional treasury, but from 2022 to 2023, the Tamansari Wildlife Foundation has never paid land utilization money to the Bandung City Government regional treasury, resulting in reduced income from the use of the Zoo owned by the Bandung City Government.

"As a result of the suspect S's actions, it resulted in state losses of Rp. 25 billion," he said.

The Rp25 billion loss consists of the Land Rental Value, Land and Building Tax Value (PBB) and the Land Rental Agreement belonging to the Bandung City Government which was carried out by suspect S in 2022 amounting to Rp16 billion.

Then the receipt of rent from John Sumampauw amounted to Rp5.4 billion. And the 2022 to 2023 PBB payments amounted to Rp3.5 billion.

"Meanwhile, due to the suspect's actions, it is suspected that he cost the state finances Rp600 million, for signing a payment receipt and enjoying the Bandung City Government land rental money for the suspect's personal needs from John Sumampauw," he said.

To the suspects, added Cahya, West Java Attorney General's Office investigators imposed Article 2 paragraph (1) jo. Article 18 paragraph (1) letter b of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption, as has been added and amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code.

Dan Subsidiair Pasal 3 jo. Pasal 18 ayat (1) huruf b Undang-Undang Nomor 31 Tahun 1999 Tentang Pemberantasan Tindak Pidana Korupsi sebagaimana telah ditambah dan diubah dengan Undang-Undang Nomor 20 tahun 2001 Tentang Perubahan Atas Undang-Undang Nomor 31 Tahun 1999 Tentang Pemberantasan Tindak Pidana Korupsi jo. Pasal 55 ayat (1) ke-1 KUHP.