ACT Founder Ahyudin Questioned About Foundation Assets Purchasing

The founder of the ACT Foundation, Ahyudin, gave a statement to reporters after undergoing the eighth investigation at the National Police Criminal Investigation Unit, Jakarta, Wednesday (20/7/2022). (ANTARA/Laily Rahmawati)

JAKARTA - The founder of the Aksi Cepat Tanggap (ACT) Foundation, Ahyudin, was asked about the purchase of the foundation's assets during an investigation by the National Police Criminal Investigation Department.

"Today (the inspection) is more technical, exploring about how ACT's mechanisms are in terms of payroll, in terms of purchasing foundation assets, in terms of procuring vehicles for foundation officials and for employees. Because it's very technical, right, so yeah a long time," said Ahyudin at the National Police's Criminal Investigation Unit, Jakarta, Wednesday, July 20.

Ahyudin underwent the examination from 11.00 and finished at 23.54 western Indonesia time.

Investigators scheduled the examination of two witnesses, namely Ahyudin and Senior Vice President of Global Islamic Heriyanan Hermain.

Head of Sub-Directorate IV of the Directorate of Special Economic Crimes (Dittpideksus) Criminal Investigation Unit of National Police (Bareskrim Polri) Police Grand Commissioner Andri Sudarmaji said the examination of Ahyudin would again be continued on Thursday (21/7).

"Tomorrow (the examination) will resume again," said Andri, quoted by ANTARA.

Since the investigation began Monday (11/7), investigators have examined 18 witnesses. The witnesses, including Ahyudin and Ibn Khajar, underwent a marathon examination from Friday (8/7) to Monday (18/7).

Apart from Ahyudin and Ibnu Khajar, investigators also asked for information from a number of other witnesses, including PT Lion Mentari Airlines (Lion Air) Manager Ganjar Rahayu regarding the investigation into the alleged misappropriation of CSR funds for the heirs of the victims of the Lion Air JT-610 plane crash by ACT.

Then, Chairman of the Trustees of the ACT Foundation Imam Akbari, Member of the Sharia Board of the ACT Foundation Bobby Herwestern Indonesia timeowo, Supervisor of the ACT Foundation Sudarman, Chairman of the Sharia Board of the ACT Foundation Amir Faishol Fath, Management/Senior Vice President Operational Global Islamic Philantrophy Heryana Hermain, Director of PT Hydro Perdana Retailindo Syahru Ariansyah. PT Hydro as a company affiliated with ACT.

In this case, investigators are investigating the alleged violation of Article 372 in conjunction with 372 of the Criminal Code and/or Article 45A paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 28 paragraph (1) of Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions and/or Article 70 paragraph (1) and paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 5 of Law Number 28 of 2004 concerning Foundations and/or Article 3, Article 4 and Article 5 of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of Money Laundering Law in conjunction with Article 55 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 56 of the Criminal Code.