4 Bintan Port Officials Detained By The Prosecutor's Office, Corruption Allegedly Lasts Years

BINTAN - The Bintan District Attorney's Office (Kejari) has named four suspects in the alleged corruption case of irregularities in non-tax State Revenue (PNBP) services in Bintan Regency, Riau Islands.

"Based on the results of the investigation, two pieces of evidence have been found and it is appropriate to raise the status of the four suspects," said Head of the Bintan Kejari Rusmin at his office, Antara, Friday, August 15.

Prior to the determination of the suspect, the Bintan Kejari Investigation Team examined the four, examined 22 witnesses, and confiscated 544 documents related to the alleged corruption.

The four suspects each had the initials RP as Director of PT PAB, LS as Head of the Tanjung Uban Class I Port Organizing Unit (KUPP) for the period June 2021 February 2023, M as Head of the Tanjung Uban KUPP Association Section for the period March 2021 May 2023, and SN as Head of the Tanjung Uban KUPP Traffic Section for the period 20212024.

"The suspects were immediately detained at the Class I Tanjungpinang Detention Center for the next 20 days," said Rusmin.

The actions of the suspects are suspected of violating Article 2, Article 3, Article 5 Paragraph (1) letters a and b, Article 5 Paragraph (2), Article 11, and Article 12 letter a of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended in Law Number 20 of 2001 in conjunction with Article 55 Paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code.

Rusmin explained that the Bintan Kejari initially found allegations of irregularities in PNBP in the 2016 '2022 range related to port services on the Rig Setia Ship anchored in the waters of KUPP Tanjung Uban, Bintan.

From there, indications emerged for the issuance of a sailing agreement without paying PNBP first. The potential loss to the state due to this action is estimated at IDR 1.7 billion.