Involved In Corruption Of Rp2.38 Billion Fictitious Credit At BPR, NTB Police Commitment To 'Drag' Members With The Initials IMS To Central Lombok Kejari

Head of Public Relations of the NTB Police, Kombes Artanto. (AMONG)

MATARAM - The West Nusa Tenggara Regional Police (NTB Regional Police) received an official letter from the Central Lombok District Attorney regarding allegations that a member with the initials IMS was involved in a fictitious credit corruption case worth Rp. 2.38 billion at the Batukliang Rural Bank (BPR) Branch.

The Head of Public Relations of the NTB Police, Kombes Artanto, said the letter from the Prosecutor's Office had been submitted to the NTB Police's Profession and Security Division (Propam).

"The letter from the Prosecutor's Office has been submitted to the Propam Polda NTB. It's just a matter of summoning and examining the person concerned," said Artanto in Mataram, Antara, Monday, August 22.

In this case, it is certain that his party will help bring IMS before the Central Lombok Kejari Investigator. "We will help to bring the person concerned," he said.

Artanto emphasized that his party is committed not to be selective if there are members involved in criminal cases, especially in matters of corruption.

"If it is involved, it must be investigated thoroughly. Indiscriminately. There is no protection for members," he said.

He said that this case had reached the Head of the NTB Police, Inspector General Djoko Poerwanto, and the prosecution's handling of the case was now a concern.

"The NTB Police Chief supports the Prosecutor's Office to investigate the involvement of the person concerned in this case," he said.

In the case that is currently being processed at the Mataram Tipikor District Court, the name IMS appears in the indictment of two defendants from BPR Batukliang Branch, namely former Head of Marketing Agus Fanahesa and "Account Officer" H Jauhari.

The Public Prosecutor named IMS as the mastermind of a fictitious credit case that resulted in state losses of Rp. 2.38 billion.

At that time, IMS acted as a credit applicant by using the names of 199 members of the NTB Regional Police. From this application, IMS received a disbursement of credit funds of Rp. 2.38 billion.

During the investigation, IMS never complied with the prosecutor's summons. Calls to him have been made more than three times.

Even though they have the authority to make forced summons, the prosecutor's investigators still respect the good faith of IMS who is known to be a member of the police who understands the legal process.