Corruption In Market Construction Of IDR 2.5 Billion, Maluku Prosecutor's Office Appoints A Suspect Consultant

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The investigating prosecutor of the Maluku Prosecutor's Office has again added one new suspect in the alleged corruption case in the construction of the Langgur Market in Southeast Maluku Regency. "One new suspect in this case has the initials RT who is the Director of CV. Surya Consultant," said Head of Investigation at the Maluku Attorney General's Office Ye Oceng Almahdaly quoted by ANTARA, Monday, December 4. The suspect is suspected of being involved in the alleged corruption case in the construction of the Langgur Market sourced from the Southeast Maluku APBD for the 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 fiscal years. Previously, investigators had determined the status of the suspect to the Head of the Tual City DFF Cooperative Office, who at that time served as Secretary of the Southeast Maluku Regency Trade Service as PPK in the project. "We summoned the supervisory consultant and contractor PT Fajar Baru Gemilang who was involved in the project work, but who fulfilled the call of only the Director of CV. Surya Consultant as the supervisory consultant," Ye Oceng said. Based on the calculation of state losses by the Maluku Provincial Inspectorate worth Rp. 2.5 billion. The suspect who was present fulfills the investigator's summons to be examined as a witness related to the alleged corruption in the construction of Langgur Market.

However, based on sufficient evidence, the investigative team increased the status of witnesses as suspects as well as based on the Order of the Head of the Maluku High Prosecutor's Office, detention has been carried out at the Class IIA Ambon Detention Center for 20 days. For the actions of the suspects, as regulated and threatened with crime, they were charged with Article 2 Paragraph (1) Juncto Article 18 Paragraph (1), (2), and (3) Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption Juncto Article 55 Paragraph (1) to 1 KUHP as primary indictment. While the subsidiary indictment is Article 3 Juncto Article 18 Paragraph (1), (2), and (3) Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption Juncto Article 55 Paragraph (1) to 1 of the Criminal Code.