Prosecutor's Office Searches 3 Bengkulu BPN Warehouses Related To Mega Malla-Pasar Modern City Corruption

The Bengkulu High Prosecutor's Special Crime Investigation Team conducted searches on three warehouses belonging to the Bengkulu City National Land Agency related to the investigation into the corruption case of leakage of local revenue receipts (PAD) Mega Mall and the Bengkulu City Modern Traditional Market.

"It is true today, our team of Special Crimes at the Bengkulu Attorney General's Office conducted a search at the Bengkulu City National Land Agency Office," said Head of the Legal Information Section of the Bengkulu Attorney General's Office, Ristianti Andriani, as reported by ANTARA, Thursday, June 19.

The search was carried out after the investigation team of the Bengkulu Attorney General's Office on Tuesday (17/6), named a former Bengkulu City National Land Agency (BPN) official Chandra D. Putra (CDP) as a suspect in the alleged corruption case of the PAD Mega Mall leak and the Bengkulu Traditional Market (PTM).

Head of the Operations Section as well as Head of the Bengkulu Prosecutor's Search Team, Wenharnol, explained that the search was carried out in three warehouses with different locations, namely warehouses at the BPN office, warehouses in Nusa Indah Village, and warehouses in Kebun Tebeng Village, Bengkulu City.

"Today we are conducting a search related to the emergence of SHGB in the name of PT Trigadi Lestari and PT Dwisaha Selaras Abadi," he said.

During a search of the warehouse of the Bengkulu City BPN Office, the investigative team found the original Building Use Rights Certificate (SHGB) belonging to the suspect companies.

"Indeed, for the original SHGB there is, but the process of documents before publication is what we are looking for," he explained.

Previously, the Bengkulu Attorney General's Office appointed the Mayor of Bengkulu for the period 2007 2012 as well as former member of the Regional Representative Council (DPD) Ahmad Kanedi (AK), President Director of PT Tigadi Lestari Kurniadi Begawan (KB), and President Director of PT Dwisaha Selaras Abadi Wahyu Laksono (WL) as suspects.

In addition, the determination of the status of the suspect was also determined for the Director of PT Trigadi Lestari Hariadi Bengawan (HB), Commissioner of PT Trigadi Lestari Satriadi Benggawan (SB), and former Bengkulu City National Land Agency (BPN) official Chandra D. Putra (CDP).

The corruption case in the leak of local revenue revenue (PAD) originated from Mega Mall land and Bengkulu PTM switching status from Land Management Rights (HPL) in 2004 to Building Use Rights Certificate (SHGB).

Then the SHGB was broken down into two, namely for Mega Mall and PTM Bengkulu City. Because it has been broken down, the certificate of use for the building is used as collateral to banks by third parties and when credit is in arrears, SHGB is returned to other banks and owes it to third parties.

State losses in this case are currently still being calculated by the audit team, but if seen for a long period of time from 2004 until now the value may reach hundreds of billions of rupiah.