2 Suspects Of Corruption In The Maluku Tanimbar Office Travel Budget Have Become City Prisoners

The Head of the Tanimbar Islands District Attorney's Office G. Sumarsono (central) explained the progress of the investigation into the corruption case in Saumlaki, Tuesday (8/11/2022). (ANTARA)

MALUKU - The Tanimbar Islands District Attorney's Office, Maluku, has named the status of city prisoners against two suspects in the alleged case of misuse of state finances in the use of the official travel budget in the General Section of the Regional Secretariat of the Tanimbar Islands Regency in 2020. The head of the Tanimbar Islands District Attorney's Office, G. Sumarsono, said the two suspects in the case were the Head of the General Section of the Tanimbar Regional Secretariat with the initials EAO and DB as the treasurer. "The submission of the suspect and evidence was carried out after the investigating prosecutor completed the case file and was declared complete by the public prosecutor or P-21 on October 27, 2021," said Sumarsono in Saumlaki, Antara, Tuesday, November 8. City prisoners are held in the city of residence or the residence of the suspect / defendant. City detainees are obliged to conduct self-report at the specified time. "EAO and DB were detained by the city in Saumlaki with the consideration that during the investigation process both of them showed a cooperative attitude and had returned the state's financial losses by one hundred percent and are currently used as evidence," he said. Sumarsono stated that based on the report on the results of the calculation of state financial losses number: 700/LAK-08/VI/2022 dated June 14, 2022, the actions of suspects EAO and DB are suspected to have resulted in state losses of Rp371.503 million. Furthermore, in the near future, the Public Prosecutor of the Tanimbar Islands District Attorney's Office will delegate this case to the Corruption Special Crime Court at the Ambon District Court for trial. Previously, the suspects EAO and DB were initially questioned based on the Investigation Order of the Kajari of Tanimbar Islands Regency Number PRINT-02/Q.1.13/Fd.2/02/2022 dated February 7, 2022, the results of the investigation had obtained sufficient preliminary evidence to determine the suspect. The determination of EAO as a suspect is based on the Suspect Determination Letter Number B-844/Q.1.13/Fd.2/06/2022 dated June 22, 2022, while the suspect DB is based on the Suspect Determination Letter Number B-844/Q.1.13/Fd.2/06/2022. Sumarsono has not been able to reveal in detail the modus operandi of the two suspects. However, he said the prosecutor's office had obtained sufficient evidence to ensnare the suspects in the form of witness statements, letter evidence and other evidence. The actions of the two suspects are suspected of having violated the primary article, namely Article 2 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 18 paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption. Meanwhile, the subsidiary article is Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) to 1 KHUPidana.