Land 19,998 Square Meters Belonging To The Land Corruption Suspect Of The NTT Provincial Government Confiscated By The Prosecutor's Office

Illustration of alleged corruption cases. (Between-HO)

East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) High Prosecutor's Office confiscated a land area of 19,998 square meters in Labuan Bajo, West Manggarai Regency. The land belongs to Bapasi Papan, a suspect in the corruption case of the use of land assets belonging to the NTT Provincial Government (Pemrov).

"Investigators have confiscated land belonging to the suspect Bahasari Papan in Labuan Bajo, Manggarai Regency," said Head of Legal Information Section Kajati NTT, AA Raka Putra Dharmana, in Kupang, NTT, Tuesday, October 17, as reported by Antara.

Dharmana said the confiscation took place on Monday, October 16.

"The confiscation of the land was based on the determination of the head of the Corruption Court at the Class IA Kupang District Court in the alleged corruption in the use of land assets covering an area of 31,670 square meters belonging to the East Nusa Tenggara Province Government located in Gorontalo Village, Komodo District, West Manggarai Regency," said Dharmana.

He added that previously investigators from the NTT Prosecutor's Office had confiscated land and buildings on September 9, 2023, which was carried out based on the Determination of the Chairman of the Corruption Court at the Kupang Class 1A District Court Number: 77/Pen.Pid-Sus-TPK-SITA/2023/Kupang District Court dated August 28, 2023 against the object of a case covering an area of 31,670 square meters in the form of land and buildings in the Pede Beach area, Labuan Bajo.

The alleged corruption sign which resulted in state losses was estimated at more than Rp. 8.5 billion with the threat of a primary suspicion of Article 2 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 20/2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31/1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code.

Subsidies of Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 20/2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31/1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) point 1 of the Criminal Code.