Riau Prosecutor's Office Detains Lawyers For Corruption Suspects For PI Funds 10 Percent Of Rokan Block

The Riau High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) has detained a lawyer named Zulkifli on suspicion of corruption in the management of the "Particiating Interest" (PI) funds of 10 percent of the Rokan Block at PT Sarana Pembangunan Rokan Hilir (Perseroda) or PT SPRH.

"Investigators have secured Z's brother because he has been absent six times from the summons of the Riau High Prosecutor's Office," said Head of the Riau Attorney General's Office, Sutikno in Pekanbaru, Wednesday, December 10, as reported by ANTARA.

Sutikno said Z was secured on Monday night (8/12) in Pekanbaru and then taken to the Riau Prosecutor's Office for intensive examination. At that time his status as a witness before being raised as a suspect.

In this case, suspect Z is suspected of acting as a lawyer for PT SPRH who agreed with Rahman, as the President Director of PT SPRH to buy and sell 600 hectares of oil palm plantation land with a value of Rp46.2 billion. Rahman himself had previously been named a suspect in this case.

However, the oil palm plantation land is known not to belong to the suspect Zulkifli, but is still owned by PT Jatim Jaya Perkasa. However, transactions are still carried out and payments are made in stages three times.

"For the first payment, witness R issued a receipt of Rp. 10 billion signed by suspect Z. However, the money was never received by the suspect and was used by witness R to cover up the discrepancies in the recording of PT SPRH's financial expenses," said Sutikno.

The next payment was made through transfers to the account of suspect Zulkifli, amounting to Rp20 billion and Rp16.2 billion each through Bank Riau Riau Kepri Syariah. The funds are allegedly used for the personal interests of the suspect and distributed to other parties, including Rahman.

As a result of this act, the state suffered a financial loss of Rp36.2 billion, which is part of the total state loss of Rp64,221,498,127.60, as calculated by the Riau Representative BPKP.

For his actions, the suspect Zulkifli is suspected of violating Article 2 in conjunction with Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law (UU) Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption, Jo Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code.

"The detention of the suspect was carried out because of concerns that the suspect fled, damaged or lost evidence, and has the potential to repeat the crime," said Sutikno.