Corruption In Tokopika Program, Southwest Aceh Kejari Detains CCIA Chair With Initials YP

Southwest Aceh Kajari Heru Widjatmiko (center) has shown a suspect in Tokopika's alleged corruption in Blangpidie, Southwest Aceh Regency/ANTARA

ACEH - The Southwest Aceh District Attorney has detained the head of the Central Creative Industries of Abdya (CCIA) with the initials YP on suspicion of being involved in a corruption case in the construction of the Industrial Center Integrated Information System Development Toko program (Tokopika). Head of the Southwest Aceh Kejari Heru Widjatmiko said YP was officially detained after being named a suspect in the 2020 Tokopika corruption case with a budget of around Rp. 1.3 billion. "This YP suspect is the development of the previous perpetrator and today we have officially detained him for the next 20 days," Heru told reporters in Blangpidie, Antara, Monday, March 13. In that case, the suspect YP is suspected of having committed an evil conspiracy with the Director of PT Karya Generus Muhammad Syaifuddin and the former head of the field at the Southwest Aceh SME Disperindakop, Khazali, who had already been sentenced to prison by the Banda Aceh Corruption Court. Heru said, the determination of the suspect was carried out based on an investigation warrant from the Southwest Aceh Kejari on March 8, 2023. The determination of the YD suspect was also after investigators found sufficient evidence of the perpetrator's actions in the alleged corruption case of the Tokopika application program. "It turned out that suspect YD and Muhammad Syaifuddin used the existing application, then it was modified into the Tokopika application. Suspect YD has enjoyed money suspected of corruption in Tokopika amounting to Rp592 million," he said. The detention of the suspect is contained in Article 21 Paragraph (4) of the Criminal Procedure Code for subjective reasons because there are concerns that the suspect will run away, destroy or eliminate evidence or repeat a criminal act. "Today, the suspect was detained and entrusted to the Blangpidie Class IIB Prison for the next 20 days," he said. Previously, two corruption defendants in the construction of the Tokopika application were sentenced to five years in prison each for being proven to have committed a criminal act of corruption together. The two defendants, namely Muhammad Syaifuddin bin Abdullah (27) as partners or Director of PT Karya Generus Bangsa, were sentenced to five years in prison for a fine of Rp. 50 million, as well as being required to pay compensation of Rp. 627 million within a maximum of one month after the verdict. Then, Khazali KH Bin Khalidin (52) as the Commitment Making Officer (PPK) at the Office of Industry, Trade, Cooperatives (Disperindangkop) of Southwest Aceh was also sentenced to five years in prison and a fine of Rp. 50 million. The two defendants were declared legally and convincingly guilty of committing a criminal act of corruption together and violating Article 2 Paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 18 letter a, b, Paragraph (2), paragraph (3) of the Corruption Eradication Law in conjunction with Article 55 Paragraph (1) to -1 of the Criminal Code.