Bali Prosecutor's Office Seizes Assets From Corruption Suspect Funds From Sangeh-Badung Village LPD Funds

The Bali High Prosecutor's Special Criminal Investigation Team conducted a search of the house of suspect AA in Sangeh, Badung Regency, Bali, Monday (22-8-2022). ANTARA/HO-Kejati Bali

BADUNG - The Bali High Prosecutor's Office confiscated assets in the form of a pickup and motorbike belonging to I Nyoman Agus Aryadi (AA), a suspect in a criminal act of corruption of funds from the Village Credit Institution (LPD) of Sangeh Traditional Village, Badung.

Head of the Legal Information Section of the Bali High Prosecutor's Office, A. Luga Harlianto, explained that the confiscation of the 2 vehicles from suspect AA was due to allegations of irregularities and abuse of authority in financial management at the Village Credit Institution (LPD) of Sangeh Traditional Village, Abiansemal District, Badung Regency.

"This search is part of the efforts of the Bali Prosecutor's Office to optimize the financial recovery of the LPD," said A. Luga Harlianto, quoted by ANTARA, Monday, August 22.

According to Luga, for the time being, his party has calculated the amount of state losses due to the actions of suspect AA to reach Rp. 70 billion.

Luga said investigators were still investigating the suspect's assets. If there are assets that are directly related to the suspect, they will be confiscated by the Bali High Court.

The confiscation, he said, was after receiving a search permit from the District Court at around 10.30 WIT by visiting the house of suspect AA in Banjar Batur Sari, Sangeh, Badung.

The search was to track down the assets of suspect AA as a follow-up to the results of the search for assets that had previously been received by the Bali Attorney General's Office investigators.

At the time of the search, said Luga, suspect AA was not at home. The search was witnessed by the wife of the suspect AA and the perbekel (village head) and the Head of Sangeh Village.

From a search of suspect AA's home, the Bali Attorney General's Office investigators found motorized vehicle assets in the form of a pickup type car and a motorcycle, which were subsequently confiscated by the Bali Attorney General's Office investigators.

"Of course all information related to the suspect's assets is needed by investigators to investigate whether it is still related to suspect AA," said Luga Harlianto.