5 Years Of Robbing Rp648 Million Of State Money In Hospital Cleaning Project, Jambi's Kejari Merangin Determines Berman Saragih-Peby Suspect

Jambi Prosecutor's Office Head of Penkum Lexy Fhatarani.(ANTARA)

JAMBI - The special criminal investigation team for the District Attorney's Office (Pidsus Kejari) Merangin, Jambi, has named two suspects in a corruption case related to cleaning services at the Colonel Abundjani Hospital Bangko. Allegations of corruption in the 2017 to 2021 Fiscal Years have cost the state Rp648 million.

"The two suspects are Berman Saragih as a budget user and Peby Yonaka (partner) who has been working on the cleaning project for five years, inflating the budget that is not in accordance with the work," said Head of the Information and Legal Section (Kasi Penkum) of the Jambi High Prosecutor's Office, Lexy Fatharany here. Jambi, quoted from Antara, Tuesday, May 24.

This case began with a report that was submitted to the local District Attorney's Office which was then followed up with an investigation by the prosecutor's team. As a result, in this activity there has been a criminal act of corruption until two people have been named as suspects.

Berman Saragih as the budget user for cleaning service activities from 2017 to 2021, while the suspect is Peby Yonaka as the executor of the activity or a third party in the activity.

The roles of the two suspects are suspected of carrying out activities that are not in accordance with the contract. The reason is that during the investigation it was found that the number of workers and the amount of cleaning materials did not match what was stated in the contract, so it was found that the total payment value was greater than the actual value of the work.

"Based on the results of the investigation from the Special Criminal Acts of the Merangin Prosecutor's Office, it was found that state losses amounted to Rp. 648,965,614.00," said Lexy.