JAKARTA - Investigators from the Directorate of Special Crimes (Jampidsus) of the Attorney General's Office (Kejagung), Tuesday, named four people as suspects in the alleged corruption case of misappropriating PT Waskita Beton Precast funds for the 2016-2020 period.

The Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) of the Attorney General's Office, Ketut Sumedana, said the four suspects were Agus Wantoro, a retired PT Waskita Beton Precast Tbk (former Marketing Director of PT Waskita Beton Precast Tbk. period 2016 to 2020), Agus Prihatmono, General Manager of Marketing for PT Waskita Beton Precast. Tbk. period 2016 to August 2020,

Then, Benny Prastowo as Marketing Manager (expert) of PT Waskita Beton Precast Tbk, and Anugrianto as retired employee of PT Waskita Beton Precast Tbk.

Before being named as suspects, the four first underwent examination as witnesses, along with two other witnesses.

As of 17.25 WIB, the four of them came out of the round building examination room and were named suspects.

The suspect was detained for the next 20 days. Suspects AW and BP are being held at the Salemba Rutan at the AGO Branch, while suspects AP and A are being held at the Class 1 Rutan, Central Jakarta, Salemba.

Previously, the Jampidsus Investigative Team estimated that the state's financial losses in the alleged corruption case of PT Waskita reached IDR 1.2 trillion, and officially raised the status of the handling to an investigation, last Tuesday (31/5). Dozens of witnesses have been examined in this investigation.

There were also a number of irregularities in the implementation of the use of funds by Waskita Beton, which occurred in the Kriyan Legundi Bunder and Manyar (KLM) Toll Road construction project, the work to produce tetrapods from PT Semutama, the procurement of split stones with the provider PT Misi Mulia Metrical (PT MMM), and the procurement of sand. by partners on behalf of PT Mitra Usaha Rakyat or PT MUR.

In addition, there are problems with the sale and purchase of land for the Bojonegara Plant, Serang, Banten.

The investigating prosecutor's team has also conducted searches in three locations, namely the Head Office of PT Waskita Beton Precast Tbk on Wednesday (18/5), as well as the Karawang Plant in Karawang and the Bojonegara Plant in Serang on Thursday (19/5).

"Based on the results of the search, the investigating prosecutor's team has confiscated documents in the form of documents," said Sumedana.


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