Perpetrators Of Embezzlement Of Honor Money KPPS For Online Gambling In South Kalimantan Balangan Charged With Layered Articles

ANTARA/Ragil Darmawan

Balangan Police Investigators, South Kalimantan, stated that the perpetrators of embezzlement of honorarium officers from the polling group (KPPS) Batu Piring Village with the initials MH (21) have the potential to be charged with multiple articles.

Balangan Police Chief AKBP Riza Muttaqin said that currently investigators are still ensnaring the suspect MH by embezzling his position.

"The suspect is charged with Article 374 of the Criminal Code regarding embezzlement in office with a maximum penalty of 5 years in prison," Riza said as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, February 19.

Article 374 of the Criminal Code reads: Embezzlement carried out by people whose control over goods is caused by a work relationship or because of a search or because they get wages for it, they are threatened with a maximum imprisonment of 5 years.

Riza said that his party had not yet ensnared the suspect with layered articles related to online gambling even though the suspect had been proven to be playing slotonline gambling.

The Balangan Police, assisted by the Tabalong Police, arrested honorary staff from Batu Paringin Village, South Paringin District with the initials MH for embezzling local village KPPS honorarium funds worth Rp115 million.

Joint officers arrested MH less than 1 x 24 hours after receiving a report at a hotel in the Tabalong Regency area, Friday (16/2).

Riza revealed that the man from Telaga Purun Village, South Paringin District, Balangan Regency, South Kalimantan took away the honorarium money from the KPPS Batu Piring Village worth Rp115 million for online gambling and the Michat application.

"After we traced the evidence of the suspect's transaction, we used eight accounts for online gambling with a total of Rp. 78.6 million, as well as other expenses for the Michat application of Rp. 4.5 million," said Riza Muttaqin.

In addition to playing slot gambling and Michat, Riza said the suspect also paid a debt of Rp. 500 thousand to his friend and paid rent for a hotel room of around Rp. 1 million.

The police chief said the suspect also paid for a laptop (laptop) of Rp. 1.6 million at a pawnshop of Rp. 1.6 million, personal needs (Rp. 1.2 million), and paid the KPPS officer's food money around (Rp. 10.5 million).

It was also revealed that the remaining cash held by the suspect MH was around Rp. 17 million after being arrested by officers.

Meanwhile, the Deputy Chief of the Balangan Police, Kompol Muhammad Irfan, revealed that investigators are still investigating the possibility of applying articles related to gambling against the suspect MH.

According to Irfan, the government and the police have tried to block the online gambling site and other prohibited sites so that the public cannot access the prohibited portal page.

"We and the government have also tried to block these gamblingline sites. We urge the people of Balangan not to play online and offline gambling," said Irfan.