Case Of Mask Corruption, Deputy Regent Of Sumbawa Will Be Questioned By The Police

Head of Satreskrim Mataram Police Commissioner I Made Yogi Purusa Utama. (ANTARA/Dhimas B.P.)

MATARAM - Mataram City Police Investigator, West Nusa Tenggara, has scheduled an examination of Sumbawa Deputy Regent Dewi Noviany in the alleged corruption case in the procurement of masks for handling COVID-19 in 2020-2021.

"Yes, we have scheduled the examination in question, in the near future it will be examined," said Head of the Mataram Police Criminal Investigation Unit Kompol I Made Yogi Purusa Utama in Mataram as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, November 1.

Investigators will examine Dewi Noviany in the capacity of the Head of the Administration Sub Division (Kasubag) at the Regional Financial and Asset Management Agency (BPKAD) NTB in 2019.

For other witnesses from government agencies, said Yogi, it is also ongoing. There are already several ASNs among them who provide information to investigators.

"A number of ASN (state civil servants) have been examined. Some are still on the agenda," he said.

Apart from government agencies, the examination of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) is also still ongoing.

"Given that the number of MSMEs involved is quite large, reaching more than one hundred, we are still carrying out the examination in a marathon," he said.

For the issue of state losses, Yogi explained that his party was still waiting for the results of the auditor, namely from the NTB Representative Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP).

"So, there has been no (state loss audit), we are still waiting for BPKP," he said.

The procurement of masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 runs using the NTB APBD funds worth IDR 12.3 billion. The government prepared the funds from the results of the refocusing budget policy during the pandemic.