Medan - The North Sumatra High Prosecutor's Office has detained three former Heads of the Belawan Main Harbour and Port Authority (KSOP) who are suspects in a case of alleged corruption in non-tax state revenue (PNBP) for port and navigation services in 2023-2024.
"The three suspects have been detained at the Medan Class I Detention Center for the next 20 days for the purpose of investigation," said the Head of Legal Information at the North Sumatra Regional Prosecutor's Office, Rizaldi, in Medan, Tuesday, February 24, reported by ANTARA.
The three former heads of the Belawan Main Port KSOP who were named as suspects had initials WH, SHS, and MLA.
"They were detained after the North Sumatra Regional Attorney's Office Special Criminal Investigation Team named the three as suspects," he said.
He said the investigation team appealed to the parties concerned or suspected of being involved in the alleged corruption case to be cooperative and not hinder the investigation process.
"Currently, the investigation team continues to work to complete the investigation process. If there is found to be involvement of other parties, then firm action will be taken in accordance with applicable laws," he said.
The Head of Investigation of the North Sumatra Regional Prosecutor's Office, Arif Kadarman, added that the determination of the three former heads of the KSOP as suspects was made after investigators found at least two sufficient pieces of evidence.
He explained that the implementation of the obligation to use towage services is the authority of the port authority.
"If the port authority or port management unit has not provided pilotage and ship delay services in mandatory pilotage waters and extraordinary pilotage waters, then this service can be delegated to a port business entity that meets the requirements as stipulated in Article 30 of the Minister of Transportation Regulation Number PM 57 of 2015 concerning Pilotage and Ship Delay," he said.
For the Belawan area, said Arif, the authority to use the towage service has been delegated to PT Pelindo Regional 1 Belawan.
He added that the vessel that is obliged to use the towage service in the mandatory towage waters is a vessel with a tonnage of over GT 500.
Based on the data of the Sailing Approval Letter (SPB) issued in the period 2023 to 2024, it was found that ships with a size of over GT 500 entered the mandatory pilotage waters in Belawan Port, but did not enter the reconciliation data that was made and signed by the suspects according to their respective terms of office.
"At that time, each suspect was the head of the KSOP who was required to control and lead the arrangement and data collection as intended," he said.
As a result of this act, the suspects are suspected of having caused losses to the state from the PNBP sector amounting to billions of rupiah.
"The suspects are charged with Article 2 paragraph (1) of Article 3 juncto Article 18 of Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes as well as Articles 603 and 604 juncto Article 20 of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code," he said.
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