Case Of Alleged Corruption Of Grant Funds, KONI Office Searched By The South Sumatra Prosecutor's Office

The South Sumatra Kejari took a statement from the leadership of the South Sumatra KONI, Jalan Jendral Sudirman, Palembang Thursday (30/3/2023) (ANTARA)

PALEMBANG - The Investigation Team of the South Sumatra High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati Sumsel) searched the office of the Indonesian National Sports Committee (KONI) in the context of investigating cases of alleged corruption in the disbursement of deposits and grant funds for the 2021 fiscal year.

"All the files confiscated this afternoon are important to complete the investigation process for alleged corruption in the South Sumatra KONI," said Head of the Investigation Section of the South Sumatra High Prosecutor's Office, Khaidirman, quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, March 30.

He explained that the search process for the South Sumatra KONI Office on Jalan Jendral Sudirman, Palembang took place carefully, transparently and proportionally.

Khaidirman ensured that none of the rooms in the two-story office had escaped examination by the investigative team and were witnessed directly by the top leadership of the local KONI.

There, for more than an hour the team of investigating prosecutors confiscated every file that could be used as evidence related to the case of disbursement of deposits and grant funds for the 2021 fiscal year.

"Each of the files was immediately brought by a team of investigating prosecutors to the South Sumatra High Prosecutor's office for study," he added.

Previously, the Special Criminal Investigators of the South Sumatra High Prosecutor's Office found allegations of corrupt practices in the local KONI environment.

The allegations are in the form of disbursement of deposits and grants from the South Sumatra Provincial Government as well as spending on the procurement of goods sourced from the Regional Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBD) for the 2021 fiscal year.

Based on data from the South Sumatra KONI, the grant funds received for the 2021 fiscal year are a total of IDR 37 billion.

However, the South Sumatra High Prosecutor's Office stated that the framework for the case would then be fully explained after investigators completed the case file.

To note, the special criminal investigation team of the South Sumatra High Prosecutor's Office has examined witnesses from the South Sumatra KONI management regarding the alleged corruption case since March 15, 2023.

The witness examination was carried out based on an investigation warrant from the Head of the South Sumatra High Prosecutor's Office Number PRINT-02/L.6/Fd.1/03/2023 dated March 8, 2023.

Based on information from the South Sumatra High Prosecutor's Office, the witnesses included the General Treasurer AA, Deputy General Treasurer II SK, Deputy Chairperson of the Achievement Development of the ID Games Sports Branch, General Secretary of SR, and the management with the initials LCK. Then including the former Head of the 2015 - 2022 South Sumatra Provincial Youth and Sports Office, AYW.