Bareskrim Asked To Trace BLBI Employers Who Committed Crimes, Collateral Assets Was Transferred

The Director General of State Assets of the Ministry of Finance Rionald Silaban (center) gives a press statement related to the development of the BLBI case (Photo: Screenshot of the Youtube screen of the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) confirms that currently the process of collecting Bank Indonesia Liquidity Assistance (BLBI) assets has reached the stage of collaboration with the Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim) of the Police.

The Daily Head of the BLBI Task Force (Satgas) Rionald Silaban said that this step was related to the actions of obligors and debtors who were deemed not in accordance with the element of fulfilling obligations to the state.

"Basically, our implementing task force has conveyed to the Criminal Investigation Unit several things that are currently being investigated for potential criminal acts," he said in a virtual press conference, Wednesday, October 27.

According to Rionald, one of the highlights is related to the ownership status of the collateral assets that were originally to be given to the state as compensation for BLBI payments but are already under the control of another party.

“For example, there are goods that have been promised or goods that are guaranteed. After we checked, it turned out that it had changed hands," he said.

Not only that, Rionald who is also listed as the Director General of State Assets (Kemenkeu) admitted that he has also built synergies with other strategic agencies.

"We are working with the Ministry of ATR and BPN (Agrarian and Spatial Planning / National Land Agency) to see the history of the land and how the land transfer occurred," he said.

However, what Rionald described is one form of tracing potential criminal charges in the BLBI case. He also opened up the possibility that in the future there will be other criminal acts committed by BLBI obligors and debtors.

"That's just one example of what we've done. It is still too early to convey what colleagues at the Criminal Investigation Unit have done, it is clear that if there is a potential criminal offense, it will be followed up," he emphasized. traded through public housing loans (KPR). The asset in question is land that has been built for housing in the Jatinegara area, East Jakarta. Deputy Chairman of BPKN Mufti Mubarok said his party had reported the matter to the Attorney General's Office. However, he said, until now there has been no definite follow-up even though an investigation has been conducted. a house can be built on this land, even in a KPR-in," he said, in a virtual dialogue, Wednesday, October 13.