'That's A Tremendous Loss', Said General Andika, Who Asked For The Corruption Of Compulsory Housing Savings For The Army To Be Resolved Immediately

TNI Commander General Andika Perkasa/Antara

JAKARTA - The Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces, General Andika Perkasa, has asked for the misuse of the Army Housing Compulsory Savings (TWP AD) funds for the 2013-2020 period which is detrimental to TNI institutions to be enforced quickly and responsibly.

“I want to be fast but I have to be precise, don't take too long, because there is nothing to wait for. But don't be in a hurry, so you're not careful," said TNI General Andika when receiving an audience with the Attorney General for Military Crimes (JAMPidmil) at the Attorney General's Office which was broadcast through General TNI Andika Perkasa's YouTube channel, monitored from Jakarta, reported by Antara, Sunday, January 16. .

The video of the hearing of the TNI Commander with the JAMPidmil of the Attorney General's Office, Rear Admiral TNI Anwar Saadi, accompanied by an employee of the Attorney General's Office, specifically discussed the issue of the misuse of TWP AD which was uploaded one day ago on the YouTube channel of TNI Commander General TNI Andika Perkasa.

According to Andika, the case harmed the TNI institution in a large number, besides it damaged public trust because the TNI was given the authority, including in terms of law enforcement.

"That's a tremendous loss, it shouldn't happen again, and this is a real lesson," Andika said.

The former Army Chief of Staff (KSAD) emphasized that the rule of law is the supreme commander in the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI).

He considered the demands given in the case were good and justifiable.

"If I look at the demands, it looks like the files are good, we really have to be accountable because we are an institution that is given the authority, including enforcing the law, how can we be trusted if we ourselves are not accountable," said Andika.

In the video, JAMPidmil Rear Admiral TNI Anwar Saadi conveyed a report on the progress of handling the TWP AD case to the TNI Commander, General TNI Andika Perkasa.

He explained that the investigation of the case was connected, so that the TNI suspects were investigated by the TNI's Puspomad, while the civilian suspects were investigated by the Attorney General's Office.

"Similarly, at the prosecution stage, later we will coordinate with the Consulate General of the TNI to apply for auditors who have professionalism in prosecution. This is a combination with the prosecutor in the prosecution team for connectivity," explained Anwar.

Regarding the TWP AD case, connectivity investigators consisting of the JAMPidmil Investigating Prosecutor of the Attorney General's Office, the TNI AD Military Police Center, and the Jakarta High Military Oditurat II have named two suspects, namely one person from the TNI element and the other a civilian or private party.

The two suspects are the TNI Brigadier General (Brigjen) with the initials YAK who has served as TWP AD Finance Director since March 2019. Then the suspect NPP is the President Director of PT Griya Sari Harta. Great. Meanwhile, the suspect YAK has been detained at the TNI AD Military Police Central Military Detention Center since July 22, 2021.

In this case, YAK is believed to have disbursed Rp127.736 billion from TWP AD's account to his personal account. The money was used for personal purposes by being transferred to the NPP account under the pretext of procuring housing lots for Indonesian Army soldiers.

The placement of TWP AD funds violates the Decree of the Chief of Army Staff Number Kep/181/III/2018 dated March 12, 2018.

The Head of the Attorney General's Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) Leonard Eben Ezer Simanjuntak in a virtual press conference Friday, December 10, said that, in addition to the NPP, there were also initials working with YAK, namely A as the President Director of PT Indah Bumi Utama, Colonel Czi ( Retired) CW, and KGSMS from PT Artha Mulia Adi Niaga.

Leonard explained that the TWP AD funds come from state finances which are deducted by auto-debit from the salaries of TNI soldiers. Therefore, the state is burdened with the obligation to return the misappropriated money to the soldiers.

Based on the results of an audit by the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP), the state financial losses incurred in this case amounted to Rp. 127.736 billion.

Leonard added that the TNI's Puspomad had searched several locations related to the YAK suspect, namely shop houses, cars and land.

Investigators ensnared YAK and NPP with Article 2 Paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 3 in conjunction with Article 8 in conjunction with Article 18 of the Corruption Eradication Law.