Attorney General's Office Named 8 Suspects Of Alleged Corruption, Asabri, 2 Of Whom Were Former CEOs

ILLUSTRATION / AGO (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Attorney General's Office has named eight suspects in the alleged corruption case of the Indonesian Armed Forces Social Insurance (Asabri). Two of them are the former President Director (Managing Director).

"There are eight suspects in the case," said Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) at the AGO, Leonard Eben Ezer Simanjuntak, to reporters, Monday, February 1.

Two former Directors of PT Asabri who were named as suspects, namely Major General (ret) Adam Rachmat Damiri and Sonny Widjaja.

Meanwhile, for the other six suspects, namely BE as former finance director of PT Asabri; HS as Director of PT Asabri; IWS as Head of Investment Division of PT Asabri; LP Managing Director of PT Prima Network; BT and HH.

Leonard said that the suspects were named suspects after undergoing examination as witnesses. Investigators found that there was a criminal act of corruption that was allegedly committed so that his status was upgraded to become a suspect.

"Of the 10 people who were questioned today, 8 of them were named as suspects in the case," he said

With the determination of these suspects, they will serve a period of detention for the next 20 days.

This alleged corruption case occurred during 2012 to 2019, PT. Asabri has worked with several parties to regulate and control Asabri's investment fund in share purchase investment of Rp. 10 trillion through affiliated parties and investment in mutual funds of Rp. 13 trillion.

This was done through several investment management companies (MI) in a way that deviated from the provisions of the prevailing laws and regulations.

The act is suspected to have resulted in state financial losses as stipulated in the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Corruption Crimes.