Kejari Dumai Tahan 2 Tersangka Baru Kasus Korupsi Baznas

The Dumai District Attorney's press statement when two new suspects were named in the alleged corruption case of Baznas Dumai, Friday. (ANTARA/Abdul Razak)

The Dumai District Attorney's Special Crime Investigator, Riau, detained two former administrators of the local National Zakat Agency with the initials IE and IJ as new suspects in the alleged corruption case in the institution's financial management in 2019-2021 worth IDR 1.4 billion.

The head of the Dumai District Attorney's Office, Agustinus Herimulyanto, said that the detention was carried out after investigators named IE and IJ as suspects and obtained sufficient evidence that both of them participated in abusing their authority while being the management of Baznas Dumai.

"We have entrusted the suspect to the Dumai State Detention Center for the next 20 days since September 1, 2023 and can be extended for the purposes of the investigation process," said Agustinus as quoted by ANTARA, Friday, September 1.

Both are suspected of committing criminal acts of corruption, namely participating in unlawful acts or abuse of authority to enrich or benefit others, namely the IS suspect and also himself.

Overall, three people have been named as suspects in this case.

As a result of the actions of the suspects, there was a state financial loss in the Dumai City Baznas of around Rp. 1.4 billion during the period 2019 to 2021 based on the results of the Dumai City Inspectorate audit.

"For how much money the two suspects have enjoyed, it will still be ensured that the prosecutor based on the evidence obtained in the investigation is still in progress," said Agustinus.

The main article applied to these suspects is Article 2 paragraph (1) subsidiary to Article 3 of the Corruption Eradication Law.

Previously, on August 5, 2023, investigators from the Dumai Kejari had detained the former Treasurer of Baznas Dumai with the initial initials IS who was named a suspect in this case.

"The IS suspect is strongly suspected of committing corruption with the modus operandi of cutting the activity money and making and disbursing the aid recipient funds fictitiously," said Kajari Dumai Agustinus at that time.

From the suspect's statement, it is known that the proceeds of corruption have been used for personal gain, including buying a car and then renting it.

The Prosecutor's Office will make efforts to recover state losses of around Rp1.42 billion by optimizing asset tracing and confiscation during the legal process.