Polisi Setapkan Ketua PBVSI Papua Barat Tersangka Korupsi Dana Grant

The Head of Public Relations of the West Papua Police, Kombes Ongky Isgunawan./ANTARA/Fransiskus Salu Weking)

JAYAPURA - The Directorate of Criminal Investigation of the West Papua Police has named the Head of the All-Indonesian Volleyball Association (PBVSI) of West Papua Province, Mozes Rudy Frans Timisela, a suspect in the alleged corruption of grant funds in 2020.

The Head of Public Relations of the West Papua Police, Kombes Ongky Isgunawan, said that the grant funds for the volleyball sport disbursed by the provincial government amounted to Rp1.5 billion.

"The suspect is suspected of having abused grant funds," said Ongky as quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, March 9.

He explained that the determination of the suspect status by investigators was carried out through a case title process which referred to a number of examination evidence.

One of them is the audit results of the calculation of state financial losses from the auditor of the West Papua Representative Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP).

"According to the results of the BPKP audit, it was found that there was more than Rp1.4 billion in state losses," said Ongky.

Currently, he said, Mozes Rudy Frans Timisela has been detained at the West Papua Police Detention Center for 20 days according to the detention order number SP.Han/02/III/RES 3.3/2024/Ditreskrimsus dated March 8, 2024.

The detention of the suspect intends to support the investigation and fulfillment of the case files to be immediately transferred to the West Papua High Prosecutor's Office investigators.

"The suspect has been detained for the next 20 days starting March 8, 2024," said Ongky.

According to him, efforts to eradicate corruption in the West Papua region require consistency in cooperation and support from all related elements.

The police are not only focused on implementing the maximum law, but on saving state money losses to be returned to the state treasury.

"This is in line with the commitment of the West Papua Police Chief Inspector General Pol Johnny Eddizon Isir," he said.