Kajari Cirebon Submits PIP Corruption Files At SMAN 7 To Corruption

CIREBON - The District Attorney (Kejari) of Cirebon City, West Java, has transferred the case of the alleged corruption case of the Smart Indonesia Program (PIP) at SMAN 7 Cirebon to the Bandung Corruption Court (Tipikor), with a state loss of around Rp. 467.9 million.

Daily executive (Plh) Head of the Intelligence Section of the Cirebon City Kejari Acep Subhan Saepudin in Cirebon, Saturday, said the delegation was carried out after all case files were declared complete by the research prosecutor.

"The case files are complete and today we officially delegate them to the Bandung Corruption Court," he said.

He explained that the case dragged four defendants consisting of IS as the former school principal, TF as the former deputy principal in the field of student affairs, the student staff hospital, and RA as an entrepreneur.

According to Acep, the defendants allegedly cut PIP aid funds without the consent of recipient students, parents, and guardians of students.

"We will delegate all the defendants together with evidence according to the provisions. The cuts were carried out without the permission of the party entitled to receive assistance," he said.

He said the cutting was against the provisions of state financial management as regulated in Law (UU) Number 17 of 2003 and Law Number 1 of 2004.

In addition, he said, the alleged irregularities also violated the provisions issued by the ministry regarding instructions for the implementation of PIP. He stated that the total amount of state losses, based on the results of the calculation of the West Java Provincial Inspectorate, reached Rp. 467,924,000.

"We have received the calculation of state losses and are part of the proof," he said.

Acep emphasized that the defendants were charged with multiple articles, namely Article 2 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001.

The subsidiary indictment, he continued, was also prepared, namely Article 3 of the Anti-Corruption Law in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1 of the Criminal Code because the defendants were suspected of jointly abusing their authority.

He emphasized that all case files, evidence, and other administrative equipment had been submitted to the Bandung Corruption Court. He ensured that the prosecutor was ready to follow all stages of the trial, in order to complete the handling of the case.

Acep ensured that the Cirebon City Prosecutor's Office was committed to overseeing corruption cases in education funds in order to provide a deterrent effect and ensure that aid funds were right on target.

"With this delegation, the Cirebon City Prosecutor's Office is waiting for the determination of the trial schedule for the next examination process," he said.