Former Managing Director Of Sarana Jaya Detained By The Corruption Eradication Commission, DKI Deputy Governor: So A Lesson To Be Careful

JAKARTA - Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta, Ahmad Riza Patria, said that the appointment of former Director of Perumda Pembangunan Sarana Jaya, Yoory Cornelis Pinontoan, as a suspect in corruption in the purchase of land was a lesson for the ranks of the DKI Provincial Government.

Riza hopes that the Yoory case will serve as a warning to officials in DKI to continue working according to the rules and to be afraid of committing criminal acts of corruption in the future.

"This is a lesson for all, BUMD ranks, civil servant officials, to be more careful everything must be implemented in accordance with existing regulations, rules, regulations, SOPs," said Riza.

From the start, Riza said that his party had established the presumption of innocence when there were Jakarta Provincial Government officials who were dragged into a case. All parties are asked to wait for the trial process to proceed before a guilty verdict is made.

"We'll wait and for example have the right to appeal from the apparatus. They also have their respective rights. Let us respect each other and support each other," he said.

For information, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) detained former Yoory in the alleged corruption case of land acquisition in Munjul, Pondok Ranggon, East Jakarta. In this case, Yoory is alleged to have caused losses to the state up to hundreds of billions of rupiah.

"It is suspected that it has resulted in state financial losses of at least Rp152.5 billion," said KPK Acting Deputy for Enforcement and Execution Setyo Budiyanto, yesterday.

The KPK not only named Yoory as a suspect but also two other people, namely Director of PT Adonara Propertindo Tomy Ardian, and Deputy Director of PT Adonara Propertindo Anja Runtuwene. In addition, the KPK also named a corporate suspect, namely PT Adonara Propertindo.

This case started when Perumda Pembangunan Sarana Jaya, which is a BUMD in the property sector, was looking for land in the Jakarta area to be used as a business unit or a land bank.

Furthermore, Perumda Pembangunan Sarana Jaya is working with PT Adonara Propertindo which is also engaged in the same field.

From this cooperation, on April 8, 2019, it was agreed to sign the Sale and Purchase Agreement Deed before a notary which took place at the Perumda Sarana Jaya office. This signature was carried out between the buyers, namely Yoory and Anja Runtuwene.

"Furthermore, at the same time, a payment of 50 percent or around Rp.108.9 billion was immediately made to AR's bank account at Bank DKI," said Setyo.

Next, under Yoory's order, the next payment was made in the amount of IDR 43.5 billion.

However, in the land acquisition process, Perumda Sarana Jaya was suspected of committing misappropriation such as not conducting a study on the appropriateness of land objects and not carrying out appraisal studies without being supported by the completeness of the requirements according to the relevant regulations.

In addition, this BUMD company is also strongly suspected of carrying out the process and stages of land acquisition that are not in accordance with procedures and documents have been prepared on a back-date basis, as well as the initial price agreement between Anja and Perumda Sarana Jaya before the negotiation process was carried out.

For their actions, the suspects are suspected of violating Article 2 paragraph (1) or Article 3 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1 of the Criminal Code.