First Trial Of Corruption Marching Tool Band Dikbud NTB Held Next Tuesday

Illustration of the hammer of the panel of judges in court. (Pixabay)

The inaugural trial of the alleged corruption case in the procurement of band marching art tools at the West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Education and Culture Office (Dikbud) for the 2017 fiscal year will be held on Tuesday 17 October. Mataram District Court (PN) spokesman Kelik Trimargo said the trial would take place at the Mataram District Court, NTB. "The chairman of the court has also appointed a panel of judges to try. The chairman is Mr. Jarot Widiyatmono with members of Glorious Anggundoro and Djoko Soepriyono," he said in Mataram, NTB, Thursday, October 12, confiscated by Antara. In this case, two suspects have been named, namely Muhammad Irwin as the project commitment maker (PPK) and Lalu Buntaran from the project implementer. According to data from the official website of the Case Tracking Information System (SIPP) of the Mataram District Court, Muhammad Irwin is registered with case registration number: 28/Pid.Sus-TPK/2023/PN Mtr, while Lalu Buntar with case number: 27/Pid.Sus-TPK/2023/PN Mtr.

In addition, it was recorded in the official court data on the list of public prosecutors who heard the cases of the two suspects. The number is nine people. The prosecutors on duty are Iman Firmansyah, Mila Melinda, Sesarto Putra, Baiq Ira Mayasari, Dian Purnama, Mardiyono, Sahdi, Ema Muliawati, and Fajar Alamsyah Malo. Regarding the status of one of the suspects, namely Lalu Buntaran is still serving a sentence at the Class II B Praya State Detention Center, Central Lombok Regency, NTB Attorney General Efrien Saputera said that his party was aware of this. "Later, the public prosecutor will write to the Ministry of Law and Human Rights so that those who can present the person concerned at the trial," said Efrien. This case is the result of an investigation by the NTB Regional Police. In the handling that took place since 2018, the state losses resulting from the NTB BPKP audit amounted to Rp702 million. State losses of Rp702 million arise from the identification of procurement budget distribution in two stages. First, worth Rp1.57 billion to be distributed to five public high schools and secondly Rp982.43 million to four private high schools. Investigators named two suspects by finding an unlawful act that PPK was suspected of not conducting its own approximate price survey (HPS). However, for the HPS survey, PPK requested the assistance of the suspect Lalu Buntaran. With the request for assistance, Lalu Buntaran is suspected of monopolizing the project so that his company appears as the winner of the auction.