2 ASN Involved In Corruption Of Grant Funds In Mappi Papua Becomes Suspects, Police Confiscate Land, Buildings And Innova Cars

Dirreskrimsus Polda Papua Kombes Sanchez Napitupulu accompanied by the Head of Public Relations of the Papua Police Kombes Ahmad Kamal/Via ANTARA

PAPUA - The Directorate of Criminal Investigation at the Papua Police has named two state civil servants (ASN) as suspects in the corruption case of grant funds in Mappi Regency worth Rp. 25.8 billion.

Dirreskrimsus Polda Papua Kombes Sanchez Napitupulu said the two ASNs named as suspects in the Mappi Regency grant funds were TT (57) who served as PLT Assistant II for the Boven Digoel Regional Government and LS (50) who served as Head of HRK Head of the Mappi District Health Office.

"It is recorded that 25 witnesses have been questioned and it is possible that the number of suspects will increase," said Napitupulu accompanied by the Head of Public Relations of the Papua Police, Kombes Ahmad Kamal, in Jayapura, as reported by Antara, Thursday, August 11.

The case began when the Mappi Regional Government collaborated with the Yaleka Maro Foundation which aimed to improve maternal and child health services.

The Rp25.8 billion fund was allocated from 2014 to 2017. From the results of the examination, it was revealed that the state money that could not be accounted for was

Rp 8,509,708,120,-. The amount of funds that cannot be accounted for comes from the suspect TT Rp. 1,161,882,500, - and LS Rp. 7,347,825,620.

From suspect LS, investigators confiscated three units of land and buildings, namely 1,240 M2, 1,250 M2 and 174 M2 and one Innova type car in Mappi, while from TT in the form of land with a land area of 2,076.79 square meters, the address is Jalan Trans Papua Wasur. Merauke Regency.

He said the two were not detained because they were cooperative. The alleged articles are Article 2 Paragraph (1) and or Article 3 of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of the Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 Paragraph (1) 1 e of the Criminal Code and Article 3 of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 8 of 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering.