Police Examine Witness In The Case Of Defamation Of The Wife Of The Governor Of Maluku

DOC. Maluku Governor Murad Ismail /ANTARA / HO-Diskominfo Maluku

The General Criminal Investigation Directorate (Dirreskrimum) of the Maluku Police has examined a number of witnesses in the alleged defamation case of the wife of the Governor of Maluku, Widya Pratiwi Murad.

The witnesses examined included attorneys Widya Murad Ismail, Hamid Fakaubun, Head of the Maluku Youth and Sports Service (Dispora), Sandi Wattimena, Treasurer of Khawarda Ritha Hayat and Widya Pratiwi Murad.

"We have examined four witnesses including Mrs. Widya Murad," said Director of General Criminal Investigation (Dirkrimum) of the Maluku Police, Kombes Andri Iskandar in Ambon, as reported by Antara, Thursday, July 27.

Widya's team of lawyers, Salahuddin Hamid Falaubun previously reported the chairman of Commission IV of the Maluku DPRD, Samson Attapary, to the Maluku Police SPKT on (22/7) because he was suspected of defaming the chairman of the Maluku Scout Movement Kwarda, Widya Pratiwi Murad.

Samson Attapary as the reported party is scheduled to be summoned tomorrow to conduct further investigations.

"The plan is that tomorrow we will call the reported party for further investigation," said Andri. It was reported that Commission IV of the Maluku Provincial DPRD previously asked the Maluku Kwarda Management formally about the Maluku LPJ in the Maluku Governor's LPJ for the 2022 fiscal year.

Chairman of the Maluku Scout Movement Regional Kwartir (Kwarda) Widya Pratiwi Murad and Treasurer are suspected of making fictitious Accountability Reports with a budget value of IDR 2.5 billion.

Chairman of Commission IV of the Maluku Provincial DPRD, Samson Attapary, said when confirmed formally, the management said that only the Chairpersons of the Maluku Kwarda, Widya Pratiwi and their treasurers, did not involve the management in managing the budget.

The Rp2.5 billion budget is a grant from the Maluku Provincial Government for Kwarda activities.

Attapary admitted that he had summoned the relevant agencies to provide an explanation regarding the budget.

Unfortunately, neither the Youth and Sports Service nor the Welfare Bureau, none of the OPDs were present.

In fact, Commission IV wants to know the programs and activities spent with a grant budget of Rp. 2.5 billion so that it is not confusing.

Considering that there is an accountability for the budget in the LPJ of the Maluku Governor's 2022 APBD.

As a result of the unconfirmed origin of the OPD source who provided grants for the Maluku Scout Treasurer, Commission IV has included this issue in the Problem Inventory List (DIM).