NTT High Prosecutor Office Adds TPPU Article To Veronika Sukur, Suspect Of Labuan Bajo Land Case

NTT Attorney General Investigators have detained a number of suspects in the transfer of land assets by the West Manggarai Regency Government (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The East Nusa Tenggara High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati NTT) charged Veronika Sukur (VS), a suspect in the case of transferring government land assets in West Manggarai Regency by applying the money laundering crime (TPPU) article.

Head of the East Nusa Tenggara High Prosecutor's Office, Yulianto, through the Head of the Legal Information and Public Relations Section of the NTT Attorney General's Office, Abdul Hakim, said that the application of the TPPU article was based on new evidence found in the case exposure.

"The investigating team has conducted exposures and found new evidence regarding the hidden ownership of assets belonging to the suspect obtained from the proceeds of corruption," said Abdul Hakim, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, January 26.

The expose which was also attended by the NTT Attorney General's Office, Yulianto, found new facts regarding the hidden ownership of assets belonging to the suspect Veronika Sukur.

"There is strong suspicion that the assets were purchased by disguising or hiding the proceeds of corruption," said Abdul Hakim.

Abdul Hakim added, based on the new evidence, the investigators concluded that the suspect was charged with verifying the suspect, Veronika Sukur, with the articles of TPPU.

He said that the case files for the suspect Veronika Sukur were combined with corruption and money laundering.

For information, Veronika Sukur has been detained by special criminal investigators from the NTT High Prosecutor's Office along with 16 other suspects because they are suspected of being involved in the case of transferring assets of the West Manggarai Regency Government in the form of land covering an area of 30 hectares which cost the state IDR 1.3 trillion.