Confirmation Of Akidi Tio's IDR 2 Trillion Funds Today, Police: We'll Hear About It Later

JAKARTA - The South Sumatra Regional Police said that the certainty of the disbursement of the COVID-19 relief grant as much as Rp2 trillion from the family of the late Akidi Tio (a resident of Langsa, East Aceh, Aceh Province) will be proven today, Tuesday, August 3.

This was obtained by the police after intensively examining for about nine hours on four members of the family of the late Tio, Monday, August 2 night.

Director of the General Criminal Investigation of the South Sumatra Regional Police, Commissioner Hisar Siallagan said investigators had examined all the information provided by the four people, which guaranteed that the money was there and would be disbursed, Tuesday, through Bank Mandiri's bilyet giro.

"At first it was like that (the disbursement of funds) but we'll hear about it later," he said in Palembang, as reported by Antara, Tuesday, August 3.

According to him, before the funds must be available - as evidenced by disbursement - the four people, namely a daughter named Heriyanti, her son-in-law, Rudi Sutadi, Tio's grandson and the family's personal doctor, Dr. Hardi Darmawan, will be closely monitored by the police.

"All information is maximized to fulfill legal construction, especially to ensure whether or not there are funds worth IDR 2 trillion," he added.

Previously, the South Sumatra Regional Police repatriated four members of Tio's family after intensive investigation by general criminal investigators at the South Sumatra Police Headquarters, Monday at 22.00 WIB.

Based on observations at the South Sumatra Police Headquarters, Monday, the four people are Heryanti, Sutadi, Tio's grandson, and Darmawan.

The four of them were escorted by members of the general criminal investigation team from the Palembang branch of Bank Mandiri at around 13.00 WIB using a black minibus.

After nine hours of questioning at around 22.00 WIB, the three people left the South Sumatra Police Headquarters using a white Mitsubishi Expander car and escorted by investigators to their home on Jalan Tugu Mulyo, Ilir Timur 1 District, Palembang.

Meanwhile, Darmawan left the South Sumatra Police Headquarters first using a black minibus, at around 20.20 WIB.

The police closely guarded the family, including alerting officers to their private home. Meanwhile, the Governor of South Sumatra, Herman Deru, asked the police to take firm action against the person who handed over the COVID-19 relief grant worth Rp2 trillion if it was proven that there was an element of lying.

The two individuals he was referring to are Heryanti and Darmawan, who are directly involved in the plan to provide funds, which are currently being investigated intensively at the South Sumatra Police Headquarters, Monday.

"After an examination by the South Sumatra Regional Police, I ask for strict action if it is proven that there is an element of lying because it has caused a commotion," he said.

The statement was not without reason because the money promised from the family of the late Akidi Tio worth Rp2 trillion had not been disbursed even though it was due a week after the symbolic handover.

"The funds should have been in their Bank Mandiri bilyet giro account, but when the police checked and found there were no such funds at all," he said.

According to him, the police must thoroughly investigate the case because this uncertainty has caused a commotion among the public.

"As a leader, I ask the police to take firm action against anyone who creates a rowdy polemic so that the atmosphere when we are dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic is disturbed," he said.