Corruption Case At Depok City Fire Service, Kejari Appoints Civil Servant Initials WI As Suspect

Head of Depok's Headmaster Sri Kuncoro (ANTARA/Photo: Special)

DEPOK - The District Attorney (Kejari) of Depok, West Java, has again named an employee of the Depok City Fire and Rescue Service with the initials WI as a suspect in a corruption case. There are three suspects in total.

"WI has the status of a civil servant at the Depok City Fire and Rescue Service, which is located as a Procurement Officer at the time of the corruption incident in the purchase of PDL uniforms and PDL shoes for the Depok Fire Department for the 2017-2018 budget year," said Kajari Depok Sri Kuncoro in Depok, as quoted by Antara. from Antara, Thursday, January 6th.

WI was suspected of violating Article 2 or Article 3 of the Law on the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption (Tipikor) in conjunction with Article 55 of the Criminal Code. Two other suspects, AS are listed as Commitment Making Officer and Former Secretary of the Depok City Fire and Rescue Service, and A, Assistant Expenditure Treasurer.

The estimated state financial losses carried out by the two suspects (WI and AS) are around Rp. 250 million. Furthermore, the cluster of corruption cuts the salaries of employees of the Depok City Fire and Rescue Service with the suspect with the initials A.

The estimated state losses due to the alleged corruption in deductions from the salaries of the Depok City Fire Service employees reached Rp. 1.1 billion. A is suspected of violating Article 2 or Article 3 or Article 9 of the Anti-Corruption Law.

The second case cluster will be handled by the Investigating Prosecutor in a professional and proportional manner.

Sri Kuncoro added that in 2022, apart from carrying out enforcement activities, his party will also optimize and prioritize various prevention efforts so that corruption does not occur again.

"So prevention programs are prioritized, if they have been reminded but still stubbornly commit deviations, then efforts will be made to take action proportionally and professionally, of course," he explained.

Sri Kuncoro is optimistic that the economy of Depok City in 2022 will grow better than the previous year by optimizing prevention efforts.

"In 2022, in addition to providing assistance through the State Attorney as has been carried out in previous years, this year, there is a breakthrough related to prevention efforts by innovating through the intelligence sector by optimizing legal counseling activities," said Sri Kuncoro .

To improve service quality and bring the Depok City Kejari closer to those who need services, the State Attorney's Office and Integrated Legal Services Post have been placed in the Dibaleka City Hall Building, Depok City.