Status Sudah Penyidikan Sejak 2022, Hingga Kini Polresta Padang Belum Menentukan Tersangka Korupsi Sarana Belajar 50 SLB

Kasatreskrim Padang Police Commissioner Dedy Adriansyah Putra. ANTARA

Padang Police, West Sumatra, are continuing to investigate cases of alleged corruption in the procurement of learning facilities for 50 extraordinary schools (SLB) in this area. This case has been raised to investigation in mid-2022 but there are no suspects. "We are still continuing to investigate the case by examining witnesses and completing evidence," said Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of Padang Police, Kompol Dedy Adriansyah Putra, in Padang, Antara, Tuesday, January 3. Deddy said that his party had examined more than 100 people as witnesses, starting from the West Sumatra Provincial Education Office ASN, the project procurement committee to partners. In fact, to investigate the case, the Padang Police through the Corruption Crime Unit have asked for expert information from the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture. Along with the examination of witnesses, he said, his party is waiting for the results of the audit by the Indonesian Supreme Audit Agency (BPK). "We are still waiting for the results of the BPK RI audit to determine the amount of state losses that will arise in this case," he explained. After the results of the BPK RI audit come out, he continued, the rhythm of the case investigation will be improved so that a suspect can be determined immediately. He admitted that until now investigators have not named a single name as a suspect. Dedy stated that the handling of the alleged corruption case in the procurement of equipment at the SLB was one of his priorities to be completed in 2023. The procurement project budget in the case came from the 2019 Special Allocation Fund (DAK) with a total of IDR 4.5 billion for around 150 learning facilities and infrastructure for 50 SLB. An investigation has been carried out by the Padang Police in early 2022 since receiving reports from the public, then the case process was raised to the investigation level in July 2022. The project is suspected of having problems because there are items that are not in accordance with the contracts, specifications, and allegations of inflating the price of goods.