Files Of Suspect Alex Noerdin In The Case Of The Great Mosque Of Sriwijaya Declared Incomplete

Alex Noerdin (Photo: ANTARA DOC)

PALEMBANG - Alex Noerdin's file in the alleged corruption case of grant funds for the construction of the Sriwijaya Grand Mosque has not been declared complete by the Public Prosecutor of the South Sumatra High Prosecutor's Office (JPU Kejati Sumsel).

Head of the Legal Information Section for the South Sumatra Prosecutor's Office, Khaidirman, said the prosecutor's team was still examining the completeness of the case files for Alex Noerdin and the other suspects, Muddai Madang, Akhmad Najib, Laoma L Tobing, Loka Sangganegara and Agustinus Toni.

"The information we received, that the case files for suspect Alex Noerdin and other suspects still need to be investigated for completeness by the Prosecutor's Team, so that P21 has not yet," said Khaidirman in Palembang as reported by Antara, Thursday, November 25.

According to him, the Public Prosecutor will provide instructions to the investigative team so that the dossier which is considered insufficient can be completed.

“It could require some additional information from witnesses, including from the suspect. Hopefully in the near future, the files of the suspects can be declared complete or P21. So that the prosecutor will immediately delegate it," he said.

In this case, Alex Noerdin, who is a former Governor of South Sumatra, was named a suspect by the South Sumatra Attorney General's Office.

He is alleged to have received a sum of money from a grant for the construction of the Great Mosque of Sriwijaya from the 2015 and 2017 regional budgets worth Rp130 billion. The following is suspected of being responsible for administrative affairs in the construction of the largest prototype mosque in Southeast Asia.

As for the other six suspects with the capacity as, Muddai Madang as General Treasurer of the Sriwijaya Mosque Waqf Foundation, Akhmad Najib as former Assistant 1 for Welfare of the South Sumatra Provincial Government, Laoma L Tobing matan Chairman of BPKAD, Loka Sangganegara Project manager/team leader of PT Indah Karya and Agustinus Toni, former Head of Sub-dept. Budget in BPKAD.

They are suspected of violating Article 2 of Law (UU) number 20 regarding corruption crimes Jucto article 55 of the Criminal Code subsidiary to Article 3 of Law Number 31 of 1999 in conjunction with Law number 20 of 2001 in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code.