AGO Handles The Armed Forces Social Insurance Case, Mahfud MD Asks The National Army To Calm: The Money Is Safe

Menko Polhukam Mahfud MD (Angga Nugraha / VOi)

JAKARTA - The Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD asked members of the National Army and the Police to remain calm and not to worry about the savings deposited at PT Asabri. He conveyed this in response to a corruption case within the insurance company.

"Once again, the National Army and the Police please remain calm. The state will give you the money because this is yours, your savings at the Asabri foundation", Mahfud said as quoted from the video statement uploaded on the Indonesian Ministry of Political, Legal and Security Affairs YouTube channel, Tuesday, February 2.

He guaranteed that the corruption case will be tried and the money in the company will not be lost.

"I confirmed earlier to the AGO, that the National Army soldiers and the Police still receive guarantees from the state and from the legal process that their money will not be lost in any way", he said.

Furthermore, Mahfud has also received information from the Attorney General's Office (Kejagung) that in the near future the assets related to PT Asabri will be confiscated. "Later, if, for example, from the collected assets is still not enough, it will be discussed", he said.

"Anyway, the National Army soldiers and the Police should not be harmed because they save money in the foundation for their welfare", he added.

As previously reported, 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 former President Directors of PT Asabri, namely Major General 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.

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

This action was carried out through several investment management companies (MI) by deviating 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.