NTB Prosecutor Denies Classroom at SMAN 7 Mataram Seized in Connection with Corruption

MATARAM - The West Nusa Tenggara High Prosecutor's Office has denied that there is a classroom at SMAN 7 Mataram that has the status of a court seizure evidence.

Spokesperson for the NTB Prosecutor's Office, Harun Al Rasyid, said there was no investigation process related to the classroom at the school.

"If it is called as evidence, let alone confiscated, it is already a name for the investigation process. There is no investigation about it in us," said Harun as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, May 20.

The statement was in response to information regarding the new classroom resulting from rehabilitation which was said to have not been used because it was in the status of evidence seized by the prosecutor's office.

Previously, the NTB Governor, Lalu Muhamad Iqbal, planned to meet the Head of the NTB Prosecutor's Office, Wahyudi, after receiving a report regarding the condition while reviewing SMAN 7 Mataram after the incident of the collapse of the roof of two old classrooms on Tuesday (19/5).

Harun emphasized that the classroom rehabilitation project sourced from the 2024 Special Allocation Fund was not under the jurisdiction of the prosecutor's office.

"The collapsed one is a disaster. The new building is a 2024 project, we are not the ones who handle it. There is no legal handling, let alone becoming evidence, both the district and the district attorney, there is none," he said.

He also stated that there was no handling of cases related to alleged corruption in the rehabilitation of SMAN 7 Mataram classrooms, both at the high prosecutor's office and the regional prosecutor's office.

Previously, in February 2025, the Acting Special Criminal Assistant of the NTB Prosecutor's Office, Ely Rahmawati, had conveyed that there was an investigation into a public report regarding alleged corruption in the management of the NTB Education and Culture Service Special Allocation Fund in 2024.

The investigation relates to alleged budget cuts and withdrawal of fees from project implementers.

However, Harun emphasized that there was no investigation or prosecution process related to the case.

"If it is called evidence, it has entered the investigation or prosecution, while there is none," he said.