KPK Examines 2 BNI Employees Regarding the Corruption Case in Transport Trucks at Basarnas

Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri. ANTARA/Fianda Sjofjan Rassat.

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) examined two Bank BNI employees as witnesses to the alleged corruption case in the procurement of personnel transport trucks and rescue carrier vehicles in 2014 at the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas).

The two BNI employees are BNI Bank CSO Supervisor Menteng Maemunah Branch and BNI Grand Indonesia KCP Head Vivi Wachyuni. The two were examined by KPK investigators on Tuesday at the KPK's Red and White Building, South Jakarta.

"The two witnesses were present and explored their knowledge, among other things, related to the banking activities of the parties who were named suspects in this case," said Head of KPK Reporting Section Ali Fikri when confirmed in Jakarta, Antara, Wednesday, August 16.

Ali further explained that investigators from the anti-corruption agency found allegations of money flowing from corruption into the accounts of the suspects.

"It is suspected that there was an inflow of money from the procurement of personnel transport trucks and rescue carrier vehicles in 2014 into the bank accounts of the suspects in question," said Ali.

Previously, on Thursday, 10 August 2023, the KPK announced that it had started a new investigation into the alleged corruption case in the procurement of goods and services at Basarnas in 2014.

"It's true, at this time the KPK has opened a new investigation into allegations of corruption which resulted in state financial losses within the Republic of Indonesia Basarnas from 2012 to 2018 in the form of procuring personnel transport trucks and rescue carrier vehicles in 2014," said Ali Fikri.

Ali also added that this case was different from the alleged corruption case involving the former Head of National Search and Rescue Agency Marshal Madya TNI Henri Alfiandi.

Anti-corruption agency investigators have named a number of parties as suspects in the alleged corruption case.

"We have named several people as suspects at Basarnas which is a civil institution and currently we are still collecting evidence by examining witnesses," he said.

However, Ali Fikri has not been able to provide further information regarding the full profile of the parties named as suspects.

He said the suspects' profiles, case descriptions, legal actions, and articles suspected would be submitted after the investigation process was completed.

Regarding this investigation, the anti-corruption agency has coordinated with the Directorate General of Immigration to prevent three people from going abroad in connection with the investigation into the alleged corruption.

The preventive measures against the three people are valid until December 2023 and can be extended according to the needs of the investigation.