Former Village Head In Rejang Lebong Becomes A Suspect Again, This Time For Corruption Of Village Funds IDR 576.8 Million

The former Head of Lubuk Tunjung Village with the initials SA (42) was escorted by officers after being named a suspect in the alleged corruption of village funds by the Kejari Rejang Lebong, Tuesday afternoon, (28/2/2023). ANTARA/Nur Muhamad

REJANG LEBONG - Investigators at the Rejang Lebong District Attorney, Bengkulu named the former head of Lubuk Tunjung Village, Sindang Beliti Ilir District, with the initials SA (42) as a suspect in alleged corruption in village funds worth IDR 576.8 million.

Head of the Rejang Lebong Prosecutor's Office Yadi Rachmat Sunaryadi through Kasi Pidsus Arya Marsepa told reporters that this suspect SA had previously been sentenced to three years in prison by the Bengkulu Tipikor Court on January 18, 2023, in a village fund corruption case for the 2021 budget year.

"The former village head of Lubuk Tunjung has been named a suspect again for allegedly being involved in the 2020 village fund corruption case. We will not make an arrest for SA because we are currently undergoing legal proceedings from the previous case," said Arya, reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, February 28.

He explained that in the new corruption case, SA was alleged to have committed the crime of corruption in village funds for the 2020 fiscal year, resulting in state losses of IDR 576.8 million.

The calculation of state losses was obtained based on calculations by physical experts and a team of auditors from the Rejang Lebong District Inspectorate.

The state losses amounted to Rp. 576.8 million, including from taxes that had been collected but not paid in the amount of Rp. 41.2 million, then there was a shortage of work volume for the construction of concrete rebates from the allocation of village funds with a loss of Rp. 38.9 million, and the construction of concrete rebates. and drainage sourced from village funds of IDR 496.6 million.

Attorney investigators are still developing the case of alleged corruption in village funds to ascertain whether other suspects are involved.

The modus operandi used by the suspect SA is the same as in the previous case, which was controlling the entire budget and PPK was not involved. The corrupted village funds were used by SA for gambling activities.

For his actions, SA is alleged to have violated Article 2 Paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended and added to Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption subsidiary Article 30 in conjunction with Article 18 Paragraph 1 of Law Number 31 of 1999 as has been amended and added to Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Eradication of Corruption Crimes.

Arya Marsepa added that the case that was committed by the suspect SA was the result of findings from the Rejang Lebong Prosecutors Office and later the punishment for the person concerned would be accumulated with the sentences for cases that had been served previously.