Claims To Have Evidence Of Distribution, Suspects Of Corruption In Grant Funds At KONI Dompu Will Open Up At The Session

Prosecutors' officers guarding the suspect in the alleged corruption case of KONI Dompu grant funds with the initials PT (right) after undergoing examination at the NTB Prosecutor's Office Building, Mataram/ANTARA

The West Nusa Tenggara High Prosecutor's Special Crime Investigators examined a suspect in the alleged corruption case of grant funds from the Indonesian National Sports Committee (KONI) Dompu for the 2018-2021 period, with the initials PT. Spokesperson for the NTB Prosecutor's Office, Efrien Saputera, confirmed the examination of the suspect who served as Chairman of KONI Dompu for the 2017-2021 period. "Yes, the person concerned was examined today as a suspect. This is the second examination, the first on the day of detention," said Efrien in Mataram, Antara, Monday, April 10. Investigators conducted this second examination by presenting the suspect PT at the NTB Prosecutor's Office Building. PT's examination ended at around 16.30 WITA. When he was about to return to detention at the Mataram Class IIA Prison, the suspect PT told reporters about the grant budget which was suspected to be a corruption issue. "That money (grant funds) has been distributed to every sport (sports branch). There is evidence of distribution. Later I will open it at trial," said the suspect PT. During the examination process, the suspect PT appeared to be accompanied by a number of attorneys. One of them, M. Jihan Febriza. He said that this is the first time he has provided legal assistance to the suspect PT. "So, we just received the power of attorney. This is the first time we have provided assistance. What is clear is that there are 20 lawyers who accompany the legal process of the suspect PT," said Jihan. Therefore, he assured that he and other power recipients still had to learn more in the alleged corruption case that ensnared the PT suspect. However, related to the statement of the suspect PT regarding the distribution of grant funds that had been carried out according to the regulations, Jihan also confirmed this. "We also believe that the funds have been channeled to sports. Because there are reports made of every sport related to the disbursement of funds," said Jihan. Investigators named PT as a suspect in the alleged corruption case of KONI Dompu grant funds on Tuesday (4/4). After the determination, investigators immediately detained the suspect PT. As a suspect, investigators apply the allegations of Article 2 paragraph (1) and/or Article 3 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law no. 20 of 2001. Assistant for Special Crimes (Aspidsus) of the NTB Prosecutor's Office, Ely Rahmawati, in a previous statement, said that in this case there was a potential loss to the state as a result of an independent calculation of around Rp. 3 billion. To confirm the existence of evidence of state losses, the NTB Prosecutor's Office cooperated with the NTB Inspectorate and is still waiting for results. During the investigation process, the prosecutor's office has also conducted searches. There are two locations, the Dompu Regional Financial and Asset Management Agency (BPKAD) Office and the Dompu Education, Youth and Sports Office (Dikpora). The search was led directly by the Coordinator for the Special Investigation Unit of the NTB Attorney General's Office, Burhanudin. A team from the NTB Prosecutor's Office came down accompanied by the Head of Intelligence at the Dompu Kejari, Indra Julkarnain. Several important documents related to the distribution of grant funds to KONI Dompu have been confiscated. The process of distributing grant funds known through BPKAD Dompu and Dikpora Dompu is the reason for the search. Regarding the search that took place in mid-June 2022, investigators have included the results in the need for an audit by the inspectorate. The alleged corruption case of grant funds is related to management in 2018-2021 for sports development and preparation for the implementation of the NTB Provincial Sports Week (Porprov) in 2018.

There are allegations that the budget is being used not according to the designation. There are also purchases of items that are suspected to be fictitious. This allegation was confirmed by the absence of accountability reports on the use of the budget.