Riau Prosecutor's Office Detains Lawyers Related To PI Corruption 10 Percent Of Rokan Block

PeKANBARU - Riau High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) detained a lawyer named Zulkifli related to allegations of corruption in the management of the Participating Interest Fund (PI) 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 investigator's summons," said Head of the Riau Attorney General's Office, Sutikno, in Pekanbaru, Antara, Wednesday, December 10.

Sutikno explained that Zulkifli was secured on Monday night, December 8, in Pekanbaru. He was then taken to the Riau Prosecutor's Office for intensive examination. When secured, Zulkifli's status was still a witness before finally being named a suspect.

In this case, Zulkifli is suspected of playing a role as the attorney for PT SPRH who agreed with Rahman, the President Director of PT SPRH, to conduct a sale and purchase transaction of 600 hectares of oil palm plantation worth Rp 46.2 billion. Rahman was previously named a suspect.

However, the land sold did not belong to Zulkifli. Land ownership is known to be still on behalf of PT Jatim Jaya Perkasa. However, transactions continue to run with a gradual payment pattern of three times.

"The first payment, witness R issued a receipt of Rp 10 billion which was 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 PT SPRH's financial records," said Sutikno.

Subsequent payments were transferred directly to Zulkifli's account, 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.

The act caused state financial losses of Rp. 36.2 billion, part of the total loss of Rp. 64,221,498,127.60 as stated in the results of the Audit BPKP Riau Representative audit.

For his actions, Zulkifli was charged with Article 2 in conjunction with Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning the Eradication of Corruption, in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code.

"The detention was carried out because the suspect was feared to run away, destroy evidence, or repeat his criminal act," said Sutikno.