Allegations Of BPOM's Involvement In The Case Of Accounting For Acute Kidney Failure, Bareskrim: Just Get Investigated

Director of Certain Crimes (Dirtipiter) of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police Brigadier General Nunung Saifuddin at the National Police Headquarters Tuesday, December 19. (Rizky AP/VOI)

The Directorate of Certain Crimes, Bareskrim Polri, is investigating the alleged involvement of the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) in the case of the death of hundreds of children due to acute kidney failure. In fact, the handling will go into the investigation stage.

"Currently it is in the process, it is just a matter of raising fingerprints," said the Director of Certain Crimes (Dirtipiter) of the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency Brigadier General Nunung Saifuddin to reporters quoted on Tuesday, December 19.

In the investigation stage, it means that a criminal element has been found which is suspected to have been violated. So, investigators will look for the suspect.

BPOM's involvement in the case of acute kidney failure is suspected to be due to being a regulator for drug trafficking in Indonesia.

However, Saifuddin did not elaborate further on this matter, including the development of its handling.

"But we have examined several witnesses. We'll just have to wait," he said.

In a series of handling cases of kidney failure, Bareskrim has originally named five suspects from the corporation. They are PT Afi Farma, CV Samudera Chemical, PT Tirta Buana Kemindo, CV Anugrah Perdana Gemilang, and PT Fari Jaya Pratama.

Not only that, Bareskrim also named the President Director of CV Samudera Chemical with the initials E, and the director with the initials AR as a suspect.

There is also the President Director of CV Anugerah Perdana Gemilang, Alvio Ignasio Gustan, and his director, Aris Sanjaya, who was also named a suspect.

Despite the progress of handling cases of kidney failure, the National Police investigators and the Attorney General's Office (AGO) received an award from the Public Interest for Police Trust Institute.

The award was given because they were considered capable of uncovering cases of acute kidney failure in children who had shocked the public in 2022.

"We appreciate law enforcement officials, especially investigators and public prosecutors who in our opinion have worked through their respective duties, both investigators and public prosecutors so that they can uncover a very neat crime," said General Chairperson of Public Interest for Police Trust, M. Nasser