The Special Criminal Investigation Team (Pidsus) of the South Sulawesi High Prosecutor's Office has again named two new suspects in connection with the alleged corruption case of irregularities in the determination of market value or the basic price of marine sand mining in Galesong, Takalar Regency.
"There are two people with the initials JM and HB who were named as suspects after investigators obtained at least two valid pieces of evidence as stipulated in Article 184 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code," said Assistant for Special Crimes at the South Sulawesi Prosecutor's Office Yudi Sawi accompanied by Kasi Penkum, Soetarmi, as reported by ANTARA, Monday, May 8.
The two suspects are JM, a former official from the Head of the Regional Tax and Levy Division at the Takalar Regency Regional Financial Management Agency in 2020, and HM, a former official from the Head of Tax and Regional Levy at the Takalar Regency Regional Financial Management Agency in 2020.
Although both of them were witnesses, after an in-depth examination they were later named as suspects. Investigators have even examined the health of the team of doctors and were declared in good health and not exposed to COVID-19.
Furthermore, detention of JM and HB was carried out for investigation purposes based on the provisions of Article 21 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code, a situation that raised concerns that it would run away, damage or eliminate evidence and or repeat criminal acts.
"The detention of the two suspects is based on an order from the Head of the South Sulawesi Prosecutor's Office
"Each for twenty days starting from May 8-27, 2023 at the Makassar Class 1 Penitentiary," said Yudi
The alleged corruption case that ensnared the two suspects as people who participated or together with the defendant with the initials GM former Head of the Takalar Regional Financial Management Agency (BPKD) who had been named as suspects and now the case has been transferred to the Makassar Corruption Court for trial.
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The case relates to sea sand mining in North Galesong District, Takalar Regency in February-October 2020. Sea sand dredging was carried out by PT Boskalis Internasional Indonesia in a concession area owned by PT Alefu Karya Makmur and PT Benteng Laut Indonesia.
The mining products were used to reclamation the beaches in Makassar City in the Makassar New Port (MNP) Phase 1B and 1C construction projects. In this case, the defendant GM was given the selling price of sea sand at that time as Head of BPKD in accordance with the Regional Tax Assessment (SKPD) issued at IDR 7,500 per cubic meter.
However, the value is contrary and does not match the market value or the basic price of sea sand as stipulated in the Decree of the Governor of South Sulawesi number: 1417/VI/2020 dated June 5, 2020 and Takalar Regent Regulation number 09.a of 2017 dated May 16, 2017 and Takalar Perbup number 27 of 2020 dated 25 September 2020 which was set at IDR 10,000 per cubic meter.
From this deviation, the Takalar Regency Government suffered a total loss of Rp7,061 billion more in accordance with the Examination Result Report (LHP) or audit of the calculation of state financial losses for irregularities in determining the selling price of sea sand.
The suspects are subject to Article 2 paragraph (1) Juncto Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Corruption Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code, as amended in Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption.
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