A total of 15 witnesses were examined in a marathon of special criminal investigators from the Sumbawa District Attorney's Office (Kejari). Examination related to the investigation of the flow of funds suspected of corruption in people's business credit funds (KUR) at a state-owned bank.
The KUR funds at the government-owned bank were originally intended for dozens of farmers spread across three villages in Moyo Hulu District, Sumbawa Regency.
"In this series of investigations, at least 15 witnesses have been examined. A marathon examination," said Head of the Intelligence Section of the Sumbawa Attorney General's Office, Zanuar Irkham by telephone, Wednesday, August 9, confiscated by Antara.
Zanuar revealed that not all KUR aid recipients were included in the investigator's series of examinations.
"We didn't check everything because it was quite a lot, so some representatives were taken from the beneficiaries. So, the number of witnesses examined in this case will continue to grow," he said.
In addition to witnesses from the elements of farmers who received KUR assistance, examinations were also carried out on the banking sector. The examination of state-owned banks is limited to asking for data on the bank accounts of the recipients of KUR funds.
The distribution of this farmer's KUR funds to the prosecutor's office began with the findings of the bank collecting credit installment payments.
It was revealed that the distribution of KUR funds was not in accordance with the procedure. Funds were disbursed through Village-Owned Enterprises (BUMDes). The amount disbursed was IDR 3.1 billion for 59 farmers in Moyo Hulu District, Sumbawa Regency.
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The application for KUR funds through BUMDes is an initiation from the treasurer by applying for a loan of IDR 50 million per farmer.
The bank revealed that each farmer did not receive a loan of IDR 50 million in accordance with the initial proposal, but they only received IDR 5 million per person.
From the search, it was also revealed that the banking account on behalf of the farmers was in the power of the BUMDes treasurer.
Regarding the state losses in this case, the prosecutor's office has no intention of cooperating with auditors. However, so far the prosecutor has seen disbursement of KUR funds against 59 farmers as a total loss to the state.
With the construction of such a case, the prosecutor's office conducts an investigation by referring to the criminal offenses in Article 2 and/or Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law no. 20 of 2001.
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