Bareskrim Invites The FBI To Investigate The Flow Of Funds In The Corruption Case Of Flats In The Ahok Period

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JAKARTA - The Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police is collaborating with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to investigate the flow of funds in the alleged corruption case of flats in Cengkareng, West Jakarta. The suspect, in this case, was detected frequently making transactions abroad.

"We have cooperated with the foreign authorities of the FBI to deal with issues that were transferred abroad", said the Director of Corruption Crimes at the National Police's Criminal Investigation Agency, Brigadier General Cahyono Wibowo, when confirmed, Thursday, June 9.

Based on the results of the preliminary investigation, the suspect, Rudy Hartono Iskandar, was recorded as sending money to several countries. However, the identity of the recipient of the money is not yet known.

Therefore, investigators will explore it, including the countries where the money was sent.

"Based on the facts that we got, RHI has also made several transfers abroad. From here we will investigate", said Cahyono.

So far, several assets belonging to the suspects have been confiscated, ranging from the cash of IDR 1.7 billion, then land and buildings in the TB SImatupang area of East Cilandak for IDR 371.4 billion, a plot of land in the West Cilandak area of IDR 100.3 billion, and land and building assets in Palmerah worth IDR 2.7 billion.

Then, some assets were confiscated based on the results of the money-laundering investigation, including land and buildings in West Cilandak for IDR 166.2 billion, a plot of land and buildings in Kuta, and Denpasar, Bali for IDR 57.3 billion.

There was also the confiscation of shares of Pondok Indah Golf which were confiscated from the suspect worth IDR 1.2 billion.

"The acquired assets were carried out after the corruption crime related to land acquisition in Cengkareng. Then we confiscated them at this time of course there was an assessment of the increase in assets", said Cahyono.

This land acquisition corruption case occurred during the leadership of Basuki Tjahaja Purnama alias Ahok as Governor. At that time, Ahok assessed that there were irregularities in the purchase of land by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government Housing and Building Office worth IDR 668 billion.

In this case, the Criminal Investigation Department has named two suspects. The two are the former Head of the Housing and Settlement Development Division of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government Housing and Building Office, Sukmana, and a private party named Rudy Hartono Iskandar.

In this case, the Bareskrim Polri confiscated several assets in the alleged corruption case in the procurement of land designated for flats in Cengkareng, West Jakarta. The nominal value of the confiscated assets reached IDR 700 billion.