Secretary Of PP Muhammadiyah Assesses Bareskrim's Steps To Investigate ACT Right

General Secretary of Muhammadiyah Central Executive Abdul Mu'ti/ANTARA

JAKARTA - Secretary of the Central Executive Board (PP) Muhammadiyah Abdul Mu'ti said that the steps taken by the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police in investigating allegations of misappropriation of people's donations by the Aksi Cepat Tanggap (ACT) institution were correct.

"The aspect that is currently being handled by the police is related to the use of funds that are not in accordance with the allocation and reporting that is not in accordance with the realization. In this aspect, I think the police's actions can be justified," Mu'ti said in a statement received in Jakarta, Antara, Sunday, 31 July.

Mu'ti reminded all parties to uphold the principle of presumption of innocence and let the court decide whether the suspects in misappropriating the donations were guilty or not.

"Let the court prove it. All parties must uphold the principle of the presumption of innocence. The court must decide cases independently, objectively and fairly," he said.

Meanwhile, the General Chairperson of PP Pemuda Muhammadiyah Sunanto assessed that the legal process carried out by the Criminal Investigation Agency against the founders and officials of ACT was very important. He also encouraged law enforcement to be transparent.

The man who is familiarly called Cak Nanto also highlighted the alleged flow of ACT funds to terrorism groups. According to him, if it is proven, then the ACT institution should be frozen.

"If there is evidence that it was used for purposes that are not in accordance with that, it can be investigated and the fundraising stopped," he said.

"Not only will the fundraising stop, but also the institutional freeze," said Cak Nanto.

Cak Nanto said that, through this legal process, donations misappropriated by ACT officials could later be returned to the state or given to a credible institution.

"To be returned to the government or given to NGOs that have credibility or can be accounted for," he said.

Previously, the Bareskrim identified four suspects for misappropriating ACT's donations, namely the founder and former President of ACT Ahyudin, current President of ACT Ibnu Khajar, ACT supervisor Hariyana Hermain, and Chairman of ACT's Board of Trustees Novariadi Imam Akbari.

They were also detained by the Criminal Investigation Department investigators on Friday, July 29. The Director of Special Economic Crimes (Dirtipideksus) of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police Brigadier General Whisnu Hermawan said the detention was carried out after completing the case process.

Whisnu explained that investigators decided to detain the four suspects because they feared they would destroy evidence related to this case.

"Investigators decided to carry out the detention process for the four suspects because they feared that evidence would be lost," said Whisnu.