This Pile Of Money Is The Return Of Money For The Bribery Case Of The West Pasaman Hospital, The Total Received By The Prosecutor's Office Is IDR 3.8 Billion

The West Pasaman Prosecutor's Office showed Rp3.8 billion of money that was returned by one of the suspects in the alleged bribery and gratification case to determine the winner of the 2018-2020 hospital construction project, Tuesday. (ANTARA/AM)

SIMPANG EMPAT - The West Pasaman District Prosecutor's Office, West Sumatra, saved state finances from the bribery case and the gratification of determining the winner of the local regional general hospital (RSUD) construction project for the 2018-2020 fiscal year worth Rp3.8 from one of the suspects with the initials HAM.

"Today at 11.00 WIB, representatives of the families of the human rights suspects handed over money from bribes and gratuities worth Rp. 3.8 billion, from the total we found of Rp. 4.5 billion," said Head of the West Pasaman District Attorney's Office, Ginanjar Cahya Permana, accompanied by Head of the Special Crimes Section Andi Suryadi and other investigators at Simpang Empat reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, August 23.

He said the Rp3.8 billion bribe was used to win over PT MAM Energindo as the company that worked on the construction project for the West Pasaman Hospital in 2018-2020.

"From the initial information obtained, the bribes amounting to Rp. 4.5 billion have been distributed and we have pocketed the names of the recipients," he said.

According to Ginanjar, the investigation into the alleged bribery and gratification case for the construction of the hospital is still ongoing. Reportedly, to win PT MAM Energindo as the winner of the project auction, Rp11.5 billion was promised.

However, until now it was concluded that the amount of bribe money that had been realized was Rp. 4.5 billion and the prosecutor's office was continuing to investigate the case.

He emphasized that his party will not stop and will continue to pursue other suspects as well as those who received bribes and gratuities.

"It is planned that later this Rp3.8 billion will be deposited into the West Pasaman District Attorney's holding account at the West Pasaman branch of Bank Rakyat Indonesia. Refunding this money does not erase the crime," he said.

Ginanjar asked those who felt they received bribes and gratuities in the construction project of the RSUD to immediately return the money.

"Anyone who accepts and does not return the assets will be confiscated by us," he said.

The Prosecutor's Office is currently continuing to investigate the corruption case of the West Pasaman Hospital project with a funding ceiling of around Rp. 143 billion and has examined a number of witnesses.

"So far, we have determined seven suspects and will not stop here," said Kajari.

The seven suspects are the Commitment Making Officer (PPK) with the initials NI, the liaison or third party with the initials HAM, the Director of PT MAM Energindo with the initials AA, the use of the activity budget and the former Director of the RSUD initials Y. Then there are also BS, HW and the Director of Construction Management initials MY.

In addition to finding allegations of bribes worth Rp. 4.5 billion, the prosecutor's office also found losses in the construction of hospitals worth more than Rp. 20 billion and also found losses in the planning.

Meanwhile, the attorney for the human rights suspect, Parmonang Siregar, said that the refund of Rp3.8 billion came from his client's family.

He hopes that his client's good faith in returning the bribes will be taken into consideration by the prosecutor and the panel of judges to ease the sentence at the trial later.

"We hope that there will be relief and the client's case will be immediately transferred to be tried at the Corruption Court," he said.