Check 146 Witnesses, Riau Islands Police Set 7 Corruption Suspects At Batu Ampar Port

Riau Islands Police Chief Inspector General Pol. Asep Safrudin (central) led the release of the suspect in the revitalization project of the north pier of Batu Ampar Harbor, Batam City, Riau Islands, Tuesday (1/10/2025). (ANTARA/Laily Rahmawaty.)

The Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation (Ditreskrimsus) of the Riau Islands Police (Kepri) has named seven suspects in the alleged corruption case in the revitalization project of the north pier pool of Batu Ampar Port, Batam City.

"Investigators have named 7 suspects who were summarized in seven police reports," said Riau Islands Police Chief Inspector General Pol. Asep Safrudin at the Riau Islands Police Headquarters, Batam, Tuesday, September 30, was confiscated by Antara.

Asep explained that the investigation of this case began in 2024, namely related to the use of the BLU BP Batam budget for the 2021 to 2023 fiscal years.

"So this is a long period," he said.

From the investigation, he said, an investigation was carried out in early 2025 by examining 146 witnesses, including expert witnesses from the BPK RI.

"The results of the examination of the expert witness contained state losses related to workers from the 2021 to 2023 budget years amounting to Rp30.6 billion which was carried out by the suspects," he explained.

Asep said the seven suspects had been detained after being arrested in three different locations, namely Batam, Bali and Jakarta.

The seven suspects in this case are AM as the state civil apparatus (ASN) BP Batam, then six other suspects from the private sector, namely the initials IAM, IMS, ASA, AH, IS, and NVU.

The alleged corruption case of the revitalization project of the north pier of Batu Ampar Port was revealed when the Corruption Sub-Directorate III Investigator of the Ditreskrimsus of the Riau Islands Police searched the Batam Concession Agency (BP) office on March 19, 2025.

In this case, investigators had time to examine the former Batam Mayor/Head of BP Batam Muhammad Rudi on Thursday (10/4). Until now, investigators have examined 160 witnesses.

In this case, investigators stipulate that the articles violated are related to the criminal acts of Article 2 and/or Article 3 of Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption, Article 3 and/or Article 4 and/or Article 55 paragraph (1) of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning the Crime of Money Laundering in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code.