NTB Police Calls Alleged Fraud And Destruction Of Former Central Lombok Regent Still Running

Director of Criminal Investigation at the NTB Police, Kombes Pol. Syarif Hidayat. (ANTARA/Dhimas B.P.)

Director of General Criminal Investigation of the West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Regional Police, Police Commissioner (Kombespol) Syarif Hidayat, stated that the handling of the criminal case of the former Central Lombok Regent M. Suhaili Fadhil Thohir is still ongoing.

"The case is still ongoing," said Kombes Pol. Syarif Hidayat in Mataram, Monday, April 28, as reported by Antara.

Suhaili's criminal case relates to allegations of fraud, embezzlement, and vandalism.

The former regent of the two periods acted as both a reporter and a reported person.

For the Suhaili criminal case as a reporter, it relates to allegations of vandalism and theft. Suhaili reported a woman with the initials KDV.

Following up on the report, Kombes Syarif said that his party handed over the handling to the Central Lombok Police.

"If Suhaili is a reporter, the case has been transferred to the Central Lombok Police," he said.

Furthermore, regarding Suhaili as a reported case in the alleged fraud and embezzlement of operating money worth Rp. 1.5 billion, Kombes Syarif stated that he had the status of a suspect and that the case file had entered stage one or transferred to the research prosecutor.

"So, now investigators are filling in the P-19 of the research prosecutor (additional clues)," he said.

Suhaili is a suspect in a case of alleged fraud and embezzlement of the police's follow-up to a report by a business colleague named Vega. Reports came in on July 15, 2024 with Number: LP/B/101/VII/2024/SPKT/POLDA/NTB.

This collaboration is related to the culinary business in the form of the construction of restaurants and fishing ponds in the Pringgara area, Central Lombok Regency, which makes the complainant feel disadvantaged by a value of Rp. 1.5 billion.