Riau Prosecutor's Office Finds Alleged Misappropriation Of Social Assistance And Grants In Siak

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PEKANBARU - Riau High Prosecutor's Intelligence Assistant (Asintel Kejati) Rahardjo Budi Kisnanto said his party had found allegations of misappropriation of distribution of social assistance (bansos) and grant funds in Siak Regency for the 2014-2019 fiscal year.

"We have found several important things related to facts against the law. We will go to the BPKP (Financial and Development Supervisory Agency) and calculate the state's financial losses," said Rahardjo, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, May 18.

Rahardjo also explained that the loss in question was the alleged corruption of social assistance funds and grant funds in Siak Regency, but the amount could not be stated with certainty even though there were indications.

Currently, the Riau High Prosecutor's Office is still collecting information from 14 sub-districts, and there is still one more sub-district that has not been questioned regarding this matter.

"In the near future, the team will go down to follow up. However, there is still one sub-district that has not been questioned, while 14 sub-districts have," he said again.

If all of the sub-districts have been asked for information, Rahardjo admitted that he would inform the public regarding the progress of handling corruption cases in Siak Regency which allegedly involved officials in the area at that time.

"If the information is complete, we will inform the public regarding the progress of handling this case," he said.

In addition, on the same day, dozens of people demonstrated in front of the Riau High Prosecutor's Office in Pekanbaru City, suspecting that Siak officials were involved in corruption cases in their area, so law enforcement officers had to thoroughly investigate the matter.