MAKASSAR - Former Head of the Makassar City Civil Service Police Unit (Satpol PP), Muhammad Iqbal Asnan, who is currently undergoing legal proceedings related to allegations of corruption, was declared dead at Bhayangkara Hospital.
"Information received from his wife. He died at around 05.30 WITA at Bhayangkara Hospital due to illness," said Makassar City Government Protocol Head Zuhur Daeng Ranca when confirmed by reporters, Antara, Sunday, December 18.
Currently, the body of the deceased has been brought by the family to the funeral home. Regarding what illness the deceased suffered, he said, it is not known for sure, but previously the deceased was reported to be sick.
It is known that Iqbal Asnan has been named a suspect on suspicion of corruption in the misuse of fictitious honorarium operational allowances amounting to Rp3.5 billion in the Satpol PP agency since 2017-2022 in 14 sub-districts.
The deceased is even currently undergoing trial proceedings for the alleged premeditated murder of an employee of the Makassar Transportation Service, Najamuddin Sewang, regarding a love triangle, a love affair with one of the women with the initials R on duty at the Makassar Transportation Service.
Apart from Iqbal Asnan, former Head of Satpol PP and former Head of the Makassar Transportation Service Iman Hud and former Head of the Operational Control Section of Satpol PP Makassar Abd Rahim have been named suspects.
In this case, the state has suffered a loss of IDR 3.5 billion. The three of them were charged with Article 2 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 20 of 2001 Juncto Article 55 of the Criminal Code concerning amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption, subsidiary to Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of the Corruption Law.
Previously, investigators detected indications of misuse of fictitious honorarium for operational allowances allocated to Under Operations personnel (BKO) of Satpol PP in 14 sub-districts until their status was upgraded from investigation to investigation stage.
The modus operandi found by the prosecutor was the preparation and arrangement of the placement of BKO Satpol PP in 14 sub-districts in Makassar City. After being traced, the names of the personnel referred to are included in the BKO list have never carried out their duties, aka fictitious.
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