The Prosecutor's Office Names 2 Finger Print Corruption Suspects In Schools In Ciamis Who Lose Rp800 Million To The State

CIAMIS - The Ciamis District Prosecutor's Office has named two suspects for corruption in the procurement of attendance devices or "finger prints" within the Ciamis District Education Office, West Java for the 2017-2018 fiscal year. State losses in this case reached Rp800 million.

The head of the Ciamis District Attorney's Office, Yuyun Wahyudi, said that the two suspects involved in the case were the former secretary of the Ciamis District Education Office, initials WA, and an entrepreneur who procured attendance tools with the initials YSM.

"The Ciamis State Prosecutor's Office has named two suspects in cases of alleged corruption related to fraud in the procurement of attendance machines or 'finger prints'," said Yuyun, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, June 1.

He said that the suspect, the former secretary of the Ciamis District Education Office, initially introduced entrepreneurs and offered attendance tools to the Educational UPTD throughout Ciamis.

The suspect offered to install the attendance device at a selling price of Rp. 4 million from the actual price of Rp. 2.5 million, then promised each UPTD to get a bonus from the sale of Rp. 1 million per unit if cash and Rp. 500 thousand if credit.

"The price for the finger print is IDR 4 million, which was previously offered by YSM for IDR 2.5 million," he said.

In addition to raising the selling price, the suspect also violated the use of the 2018 School Operational Cost (BOS) budget.

The purchase of the equipment, said Yuyun, was carried out by first procuring it in each elementary school and junior high school using bailout funds, then replacing it with 2018 BOS funds.

"Procurement first, use the existing money first, while the 2018 budget has just appeared, it has preceded, it's a violation of the law," he continued.

The two suspects were charged with the corruption law, which carries a minimum of four years in prison and a maximum of 20 years in prison.

The prosecutor's office has detained a suspected businessman for the first 20 days. While the suspect WA has not been detained because based on information from the hospital his condition is sick.

"The person in question WA has not been able to be detained," he said.