Prosecutor's Office Examines Director Of PT Lombok Plaza For Corruption Suspects In The Development Of NCC Mataram

The Prosecutor's Office examined the former Director of PT Lombok Plaza with the initials DS, a suspect in corruption in the management of the NTB Provincial Government's assets in the form of land for the construction of the West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Convention Center (NCC) in Mataram City.

Spokesperson for the NTB Prosecutor's Office, Efrien Saputera, confirmed that investigators had activities in the special criminal field to examine the suspect DS today.

"Yes, that's right. Today, the DS Engineer was examined as a suspect," said Efrien in Mataram, NTB, Thursday, January 9, as reported by Antara.

Regarding the examination material, Efrien Saputera admitted that he had not received further information from the special criminal field.

This examination, he said, was a continuation of the determination of DS as a suspect on Tuesday, January 7.

From observations, DS underwent an examination at the NTB Prosecutor's Office wearing a prison vest at the prosecutor's office. Investigators presented DS at around 10.00 WITA and finished at 17.13 WITA.

After the examination, the prosecutor's office then returned the suspect DS to the Class II A prison in West Lombok using a detention vehicle.

The suspect DS is the Director of PT Lombok Plaza for the 2012 to 2016 term. Determination of DS as a suspect on Tuesday, January 7, is a follow-up to the results of the forced pick-up of the investigating team against DS at his home in Bali.

This forced pick-up effort was carried out on the basis of Article 112 of the Criminal Procedure Code which stated that investigators could take this step if they had properly summoned the person concerned three times to undergo examination as a witness.

After carrying out the forced pick-up, investigators initially examined DS as a witness at the NTB Prosecutor's Office and ended in the decision of the Head of the NTB Attorney General's Office, Enen Saribanon, to determine DS as a suspect.

Investigators continued the determination by entrusting DS's detention at the Class II A Prison in West Lombok.

In this investigation, the prosecutor's office has examined 26 witnesses, including obtaining the results of an audit of state financial losses from a public accountant with a value of Rp. 15.2 billion.

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

The increase in the status of handling this case after the prosecutor's office found that the mensrea had committed an unlawful act that resulted in indications of state financial losses.

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

The cooperation in managing NTB Provincial Government assets in the form of an area of 31,963 square meters is aimed at building the NCC building as a forum for 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 government land 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 that 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.

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.