Palace: The Disclosure Of The Sritex Case Is Proof Of The Government's Hard Work To Fight Corruption

Spokesperson for the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Prasetyo Hadi, assessed that the disclosure of a criminal case at PT Sri Rejeki Isman Tbk (Sritex) was proof of the establishment of the eradication of corruption in the country.

"The Sritex problem is of course the first time is to prove that we really work hard to enforce the eradication of criminal acts, especially one of which is a criminal act of corruption," said Prasetyo as quoted by ANTARA, Friday, May 23.

Prasetyo, who currently serves as Minister of State Secretary, said the action was carried out because of strong evidence, regardless of the status of the perpetrators.

Prasetyo also said that the fraud that occurred had resulted in the company not operating properly, causing the loss of thousands of Sritex employees, which amounted to nearly 10 thousand people.

The economic impact of this case is also considered large, including the disruption of the national textile industry.

In addition, he said, this case also revealed that there were banking persons who were suspected of abusing their authority by providing credit to companies that did not meet the requirements.

"This is also an alarm for us that we get a lot of facts, in quotes, yes, elements from our banks who abuse their authority by providing credit to companies that should not be," he said.

Prasetyo also asked for public support for the Attorney General's efforts to handle this case, given the magnitude of the impact.

"That's also not a mild case and not a small case, after all Sritex is our most actual textile company, which we consider the best, international scale, the product has been recognized by the world, right," he concluded.

The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has named three suspects in the alleged corruption case in granting credit to PT Sri Rejeki Isman (Sritex).

The three suspects are DS (Dicky Syahbandinata) as the Head of the Corporate and Commercial Division of PT Bank Pembangunan Daerah Jawa Barat and Banten (BJB) 2020, Zainuddin Mappa (ZM) as the President Director of PT Bank DKI 2020, and Iwan Setiawan Lukminto (ISL) as the President Director of PT Sritex in 2005 '2022.

"Investigators at the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) at the Attorney General's Office have named the three people as suspects because sufficient evidence was found," said the Director of Investigation at the Attorney General's Office Jampidsus Abdul Qohar at the AGO Roundabout building, Jakarta, Wednesday (21/5).

Qohar said that the three were suspected of being involved in a criminal act of corruption in the process of lending by PT Bank BJB and PT Bank DKI to PT Sritex and its subsidiaries.

"In giving credit to PT Sritex, the suspects DS and ZM have given credit against the law because they did not carry out adequate analysis and did not comply with the procedures and requirements that had been set," he said.