KPK Chairman Calls Mark-Up Budget To Be The Corruption Mode Of Bank BJB

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Setyo Budiyanto leaked the alleged mode of corruption in the placement of PT Bank Pembangunan Daerah Jawa Barat and Banten, Tbk (BJBR) advertising funds. The suspects are suspected of having mark-ups or budget inflated.

"It is suspected that this is the case (there is a mark-up, ed). Later at the press conference it will be detailed," Setyo told reporters at the ACLC KPK building, Rasuna Said, South Jakarta, Wednesday, March 12.

As a result of the budget inflated, continued Setyo, the state then lost money. "Yes, quite a lot of the nearly a hundred billion rupiah budgeted, there are indications that the potential loss could be said to be half, yes," said the former KPK Director of Investigation.

However, Setyo did not want to elaborate further on the case of the riot. The public is asked to wait for further announcements to be made through a press conference.

The KPK has previously issued an investigation warrant (sprindik) to investigate allegations of corruption within Bank BJB. Five people have been named as suspects because they are suspected of causing state losses.

"The article suspected of Article 2 paragraph (1) or Article 3 is related to the procurement of goods or services at Bank BJB," said a VOI source who was delivered on Wednesday, March 5 evening.

The amount of state losses incurred by the five suspects reached hundreds of billions of rupiah. However, the exact figure cannot be conveyed.

The same source also said that the KPK had asked the Directorate General of Immigration to prevent the five suspects from leaving the country for six months. Two of them are internal Bank BJB while the rest are private.

This effort is being made to facilitate the investigation process. The prohibition of traveling abroad can usually be extended as needed.

Meanwhile, the Director of Investigation of the KPK, Asep Guntur Rahayu, said that the alleged corruption at Bank BJB occurred for the period 2021-2023. It is suspected that there was a fraud related to the installation of advertisements in print and electronic media.

"(The suspicion is related, red) the procurement of goods and services in the form of BJB advertisements in print and electronic media," Asep told reporters in a written statement, Tuesday, March 11.