The Suspect Asked The Prosecutor's Office To Collaborate With PPATK To Search The Flow Of Money Laundering Funds For Perusda West Sumbawa

Archives. Attorney Engkus Kuswoyo (left), Lalu Anton Hariawan (right), in another case involving his client in the corruption case of Perusda West Sumbawa, Wednesday, January 3, 2024. (ANTARA-Dhimas B.P.)

The Prosecutor's Office is asked to cooperate with the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) to trace the flow of funds in the case of money laundering (TPPU) in the management of capital for regional companies (perusda) West Sumbawa.

The request came from the suspect in this case, namely the Director of CV Pitra Andalan Marine (PAM) Engkus Kuswoyo.

"If the TPPU is raised to an investigation, go ahead, but I ask Mrs. Kajari (Regional Prosecutor's Office) West Sumbawa to be serious, I hope she can cooperate with PPATK," said Engkus' attorney, Lalu Anton Hariawan, in Mataram, NTB, Friday, April 5, confiscated by Antara.

Anton said this was considering that the public prosecutor (JPU) in the main case trial of the West Sumbawa Perusda TPPU related to corruption, could not present a number of government officials, including the West Sumbawa Regent Musyafirin as a key witness who was able to explain the regulation on the disbursement and management of the Perusda budget.

"Yes, the evidence yesterday was that the regent was repeatedly summoned by the prosecutor to be a witness at the trial who was not present, the prosecutor was silent," he said.

He said that typically, TPPU's crime methods and techniques were divided into three types, namely placement, separation and incorporation of assets resulting from criminal acts with legal economic assets.

Then, if you look at crime, money laundering must be distinguished in two types, namely active and passive money laundering offenses.

"So, the recipients of this Perusda money must also be affected, not only at Engkus and Sadiqsyah (tPPU search). That's why you have to go to PPATK, so that you can open the transfer of the Perusda money anywhere. Let it be, the impression is not half-hearted," he said.

Regarding this, the Head of the Special Crimes Section of the West Sumbawa Kejari, Lalu Irwan Suyadi, who was confirmed through written messages and WhatsApp phones, had not yet responded.

In the case of TPPU Perusda West Sumbawa, the prosecutor's office has named Engkus Kuswoyo as a suspect. A number of valuable assets allegedly produced by TPPU in the form of land owned by Engkus have been confiscated since the process of investigating the main corruption case of Perusda for the 2016-2021 period.

Engkus Kuswoyo in the main case also became a suspect along with Sadiqsyah who is a former Plt. Director of Perusda West Sumbawa.

In the main case currently underway at the trial stage, the prosecutor has asked the panel of judges to sentence the two defendants who were proven to have violated the public prosecutor's primary indictment.

The prosecutor requested that the panel of judges impose a sentence of 5 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 300 million, subsidiary to 4 months in compensation for Engkus. Also charged with compensation for state financial losses worth Rp. 400 million, subsidiary to 2.5 years in prison.

For Sadiqsyah, the prosecutor asked the judge to sentence him to 8 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 500 million, subsidiary to 6 months in prison with compensation for state financial losses of Rp. 2.25 billion, subsidiary to 4 years in prison.