KPK Reveals BJB Bank Advertising Budget Reaches IDR 409 Billion But IDR 100 Billion Is Paid

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) revealed that there were a number of frauds in the process of procuring goods and services in the form of placing advertisements for PT Bank Pembangunan Daerah Jawa Barat and Banten, Tbk or Bank BJB (BJBR) for the period 2021-2023. One of them is payment with an inappropriate nominal.

Acting Director of KPK Investigation Budi Sokmo initially explained that the placement of advertisements was carried out by Bank BJB to six agencies. The value should have reached Rp409 billion.

"As usual, the mode of using the money was carried out inappropriately between payments made to the agency, and agencies to the media where the advertisement was placed," Budi told reporters at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Thursday, March 13.

"So from the Rp409 billion that was placed, taxes were deducted, yes, approximately Rp300 billion will fall and only approximately Rp100 billion will be placed in accordance with the real work carried out," he continued.

Budi detailed that the agencies that received ad money from Bank BJB were PT Cipta Karya Sukses Bersama (CKSB), PT Cipta Karya Mandiri Bersama (CKMB), PT Antedja Muliatama (AM), PT Cakrawala Kreasi Mandiri (CKM), PT Wahana Semesta Bandung Ekspres (WSBE), and PT BSC Advertising.

The election was regulated by Yuddy Renaldi, who at that time served as President Director of Bank BJB along with a commitment-making official (PPK), namely Widi Hartoto as the head of the corporate secretary division.

"Here, of course, the agencies have also agreed. So they together with BJB, namely the president director and leadership of the corsec division, committed acts of state losses," he said.

As for this case, the KPK then named five suspects. They are Yuddy Renaldi as the former President Director of Bank BJB; Widi Hartono (WH) who serves as the Head of the Corporate Secretary Division of Bank BJB and Ikin Asikin Dulmanan (IAD), Suhendrik (S), and R. Sophan Jaya Kusuma (RSJK) as private parties.

The fifth act is suspected to have caused state losses of up to Rp222 billion. The KPK suspects that the money is included as a fund to meet non-budget needs.

The suspects are currently not detained. However, the KPK has asked the Directorate General of Immigration to prevent them from leaving the country for six months and can be extended according to investigation needs.