JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is investigating the modus operandi of borrowing flags in the corruption case of advertising procurement by PT Bank Pembangunan Daerah Jawa Barat dan Banten Tbk or Bank BJB (BJBR).
KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo said that the deepening of the flag-loan modus operandi was carried out by examining two witnesses today, February 24. Those who were asked for information were PT BSC Advertising employees, namely, Suyoto and Lavi.
"Regarding the procurement of advertisements at Bank BJB. That to the witnesses who were examined today were investigated in relation to the practices of conditioning jobs at BJB, yes, one of them is by the flag loan method," Budi told reporters at the KPK Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Tuesday, February 24.
As for this flag loan mode, Budi continued, it was carried out so that certain parties were facilitated in carrying out projects at Bank BJB.
"So then we will investigate whoever is suspected of conditioning jobs at BJB," he said.
As previously reported, the KPK has named five suspects related to alleged corruption in the procurement of advertisements at PT Bank Pembangunan Daerah Jawa Barat dan Banten Tbk or Bank BJB (BJBR).
They are former President Director of Bank BJB Yuddy Renaldi; Head of the Corporate Secretary Division of Bank BJB Widi Hartoto; Operator of the Antedja Muliatama and Cakrawala Kreasi Mandiri Kin Asikin Dulmanan Agency; Operator of the BSC Advertising Agency and PT Wahana Semesta Bandung Ekspres (WSBE) Suhendrik; and Operator of PT Cipta Karya Sukses Bersama (CKSB) and PT Cipta Karya Mandiri Bersama (CKMB) Raden Sophan Jaya Kusuma.
The investigation order (sprindik) for this case was issued on February 27, 2025. The actions of the five suspects are suspected of having made the state lose up to IDR 222 billion.
Currently, no arrests have been made against the five suspects. However, they have been prevented from traveling abroad for six months and can be extended as needed for investigation.
In handling this alleged corruption, investigators have searched a number of places. One of them, the private house of former Governor Ridwan Kamil and seized one unit of Royal Enfield motorcycle and one unit of Mercedes Benz 280 SL from a workshop in the Bandung City area.
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