Involve Experts, The Prosecutor's Office Investigates The TPPU Elements 2 Corruption Defendants At Perusda West Sumbawa

West Sumbawa District Attorney's Office. (ANTARAHO-Kejari West Sumbawa)

JAKARTA - Investigators from the West Sumbawa District Attorney's Office (Kejari) involve criminal experts in the money laundering case (TPPU) in managing capital orders from regional companies (perusda) 2016-2021.

The case has now been brought to trial at the Corruption Court at the Mataram District Court (PN). The defendant in the case was former Plt. Director of Perusda West Sumbawa, Sadiqsyah and Director of the Company of West Sumbawa Perusda partners, Engkus Kuswoyo.

"The criminal experts we involved in handling this case came from an academic at Mataram University," said Head of the Special Crimes Section of the West Sumbawa Kejari Lalu Irwan Suyadi in Mataram, NTB, Thursday, January 25, confiscated by Antara.

According to him, the opinion of the expert in investigating the money laundering case is needed to strengthen elements of unlawful acts originating from the main case, namely corruption.

Irwan mengungkapkan, pendapat ahli pidana dari kasus ini akan menentukan langkah selanjutnya dalam hal penetapan tersangka.

Regarding the suspect who is now a defendant from the main case, Irwan admitted that he could not provide an illustration that the two again had the opportunity to become suspects in the money laundering offense case.

"We cannot confirm yet because the determination of the suspect still refers to the evidence and statements of the witnesses, we will see later," he said.

From this case, the West Sumbawa Kejari has confiscated valuable assets belonging to the two defendants. The assets are in the form of land.

For the defendant Sadiqsyah, the prosecutor's office has confiscated a plot of land in Taliwang District.

From the defendant Engkus, four plots of land were confiscated in Banjar Village and Paperari Village. In Banjar Village, the confiscated land was 1.46 hectares, 1.63 ha, and 1.73 ha, while in Paperari Village it was 28.8 are.

The prosecutor's office confiscated valuable assets belonging to the two defendants based on a confiscation permit from the Sumbawa Besar District Court Number: 256/Penpid.B-SITA/2023/PN.Sbw and a confiscation warrant for the Head of the West Sumbawa District Attorney Number: PRINT.-02/N.2.16/Fd.1/09/2023 dated September 19, 2023.

This confiscation is still in the prosecutor's effort to recover state losses in the corruption case of government capital management at Perusda West Sumbawa.