JAKARTA - Governor of the Riau Islands (Kepri) Ansar Ahmad respects the legal process faced by a number of his officials regarding the alleged corruption of grant funds at the Youth and Sports Office (Dispora) for the 2020 budget year worth Rp. 4.7 billion.

"We leave it entirely to law enforcement officials. This is also for the sake of improving future use of the budget," said Ansar in Tanjungpinang, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, January 18.

Ansar emphasized to all his staff that the distribution of social assistance grants was vulnerable to violations, especially the problem of maladministration.

The governor appealed to all OPDs to be guided by the rules of the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri) so that the same problem does not happen again in the future.

"Just follow the existing procedures, starting from the preparation to the distribution process, because we don't want any ASN to be suspected of corruption every year," he said.

Ansar emphasized that the APBD must be used to accelerate development programs, increase people's purchasing power, and household spending.

"The APBD must be pushed for economic recovery," he emphasized.

Separately, the Head of Public Relations of the Riau Islands Police, Kombes Harry Goldenhardt, confirmed that the Special Criminal Investigation Team (Krimsus) had examined a number of witnesses, including the Riau Islands Provincial Government officials, regarding the alleged corruption in the grant funds.

His party has submitted a notification letter for the start of the investigation (SPDP) to the Riau Islands High Court.

"I justify, yes," he said curtly.


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