Involved In Corruption, Former Head Of Bengkulu City Health Center Sued 4 Years In Prison

The defendant RA was listening to the demands of the Bengkulu High Prosecutor's Office. (ANTARA)

BENGKULU - The Public Prosecutor (JPU) of the Bengkulu High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) has demanded the former Head of the Bengkulu City Health Center, namely RA, for four years in prison and a fine of Rp. 200 million related to corruption cases. The defendant RA was charged for being involved in the alleged corruption of cutting Health Operational Assistance (BOK) in 2022. "Declare that the defendant has proven to be legally benefiting himself or others, forcing people to accept payments," said Bengkulu Attorney General's Office Dewi Kemalasari when reading the demands at the Bengkulu District Court (PN), Tuesday, December 5.

He said the defendant was found guilty of violating Article 12 junto article 18 paragraph 1 letter B paragraph 2 paragraph 3 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption, as amended by Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 20 of 2001 concerning Eradication of Corruption Crimes. Previously, Investigators of the Sub-Directorate for Corruption Crime (Tipikor) of the Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation (Ditreskrimsus) Bengkulu Police named one of the Heads of Health Centers in Bengkulu City, namely RA related to the alleged corruption case. The determination of the suspect was carried out related to the alleged corruption case of cutting and collecting official travel costs derived from the non-physical Special Allocation Fund (DAK) budget in the health sector through BOK in 2022. "The examination of the suspect dr RA and has been determined as a suspect, until now only one person has been named a suspect related to the case," said Director of Special Criminal Investigation (Dirreskrimsus) Bengkulu Police Kombes Pol I Wayan Riko Setiawan through PS. Head of Sub-Directorate of Tipidkor Kompol Khoiril Akbar.RA was previously examined as the reported party was then named as a suspect in the case of alleged cuts or illegal levies of BOK funds at one of the Puskesmas in Bengkulu City. For the loss itself, we do not calculate the state losses, but we are here using Article 12 E and 12 F. The cuts are from our counting results of around Rp 146 million,'' said Khoiril. It is known, the total BOK funds at the Puskesmas where the suspect works in 2022 amount to Rp833.71 million and any official travel activities, recipients are deducted Rp30 thousand per person.

Then, based on the results of the recapitulation of the BOK Puskesmas coordinator, the number of receipts from cuts or collections from September to December 2022 in the first quarter was IDR 32.01 million, the second quarter was IDR 20.70 million and in the third quarter was IDR 35.80 million with a total of IDR 88.51 million. The budget should have been used to support the performance of medical services and ensure the availability of services at the sub-district level.