MANADO - North Sulawesi Regional Police (Polda) examined the former Governor of North Sulawesi (Sulut), Olly Dondokambey, as a witness in the alleged corruption case of grant funds for the Evangelical Church in Minahasa (GMIM).
Olly Dondokambey, arrived at the North Sulawesi Police Headquarters accompanied by his personal assistant, Victor Rarung and went straight to the examination room for the 2nd Cyber Sub-Directorate, to provide testimony as a witness for four hours of examination.
Olly Dondokambey was examined in his capacity as a witness in the alleged corruption case in the GMIM grant fund which caused the state to suffer a loss of around Rp. 8.9 billion.
The grant from the North Sulawesi Provincial Government, which allegedly caused the state to suffer losses, occurred in the 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, where at that time he served as Governor of North Sulawesi.
Olly Dondokambey came out of the examination room at around 15.00 WITA, and immediately answered a number of questions asked by reporters who had been waiting for him since morning.
"I came to the Regional Police to provide information on what the government was doing, as a grant to mass organizations and religious organizations," said Olly Dondokambey as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, April 21.
Olly gave information to the Regional Police, which was related to the investigation report to the five previous suspects who had been detained by the Regional Police.
"I have provided clarification on the provincial government's policy of providing grants to GMIM, we signed a regional grant agreement (NPHD), whether it is true that we gave it, and I confirm that its use is at GMIM," he said.
Previously, the North Sulawesi Regional Police had named and detained five suspects in the alleged corruption case of the North Sulawesi Provincial Government grant funds to the GMIM after 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
The five suspects named for the first AGK as Head of the Regional Finance and Assets Agency for 2018-2019, Assistant for General Administration for North Sulawesi 2020-2022 and Acting Secretary of North Sulawesi November 2021 to August 2022.
"Secondly, JK as the Head of the Regional Financial and Asset Management Agency in 2020, the three brothers of FK, head of the Kesra Bureau of the North Sulawesi Provincial Secretariat, in June 2021 until now, the four SK brothers as the Secretary of the Province of North Sulawesi 2022 until now, now and the fifth is HA as the Chairman of the BPMS since 2020 until now," said the North Sulawesi Police Chief, Inspector General Pol. Roycke Langie.
He said, in accordance with the results of the audit of the official government-owned institution, as a result of the actions committed by the suspects, the state allegedly suffered a loss of Rp. 8.9 billion.
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