KPK: Unprofessional Verification, 757 Double Data Of Grant Recipients Found In East Java

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) (ANTARA) building

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) found the potential for irregularities in grant management in the East Java Provincial Government. One of them is the duplication of hundreds of recipient data due to an unprofessional verification process.

"A number of points prone to irregularities in grant management include: Verification of grant recipients is not professional, so fictitious pokmas and duplication of recipients are still found. 757 accounts are recorded with identity similarities in the form of names, signatures, and NIK," said KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo to reporters in a written statement quoted on Tuesday, July 22.

Budi said the KPK also found that there were arrangements for grants by the DPRD leadership. He said this condition has the potential to endanger certain parties unnaturally in the discussion.

"The cut in grant funds is up to 30 percent by the field coordinator, consisting of 20 percent for 'ijon' to DPRD members and 10 percent for personal gain," he said.

Another problem that also arises is that the implementation of activities is not appropriate with proposals. This condition, continued Budi, occurs because of the occupancy by other parties.

This consolidation occurs due to the lack of supervision and evaluation. This was proven because there were 133 grant recipients who made irregularities and had to return a budget of Rp. 2.9 billion.

However, of the amount, there are still Rp1.3 billion that have not been returned. "In addition, Bank Jatim as a bank managing the Regional General Cash Account (RKUD) does not yet have an adequate grant disbursement procedure, so the process of distributing grant funds is carried out like ordinary transactions without security verification," explained Budi.

Furthermore, Budi said this finding had been submitted to the East Java Provincial Government. Recommendations are also included, including sharpening the purpose of granting grants in order to be in line with regional priority programs, and determining criteria for recipients of selective and indicator-based grants.

"The reform of grant governance in East Java is expected to be a model of improvement for other regions in preventing corrupt practices and strengthening the integrity of governance," he said.

Previously reported, the KPK again investigated the alleged bribery of grant funds for community groups or pokmas from the East Java Provincial Budget for the 2019-2022 Fiscal Year. 21 suspects have been determined from the development of the case.

In the process of running, a number of locations have been searched by investigators. Among them are the house of former DPD Chairman La Nyalla Mattalitti and the East Java Indonesian National Sports Committee (KONI) office.

In addition, the KPK has asked the Directorate General of Immigration of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham) to prevent 21 people from leaving the country in this case. They are a case that is a state administrator or member of the East Java Provincial DPRD; AI, a member of the East Java Provincial DPRD; MAH, a member of the East Java Provincial DPRD; and AS a member of the East Java Provincial DPRD.

Then also prevented by BW, JPP, HAS, SUK, AR, WK, AJ, MAS, AA, AYM, AH, RWS, MF, AM, and MM as private parties; FA as a member of the Sampang Regency DPRD; and JJ who is a state administrator or member of the Probolinggo Regency DPRD.