Suspect In The Sharia Cooperative Corruption Case In Padang Detained

DSD was caught wearing a red vest and was to be taken to Rutan Padang/ Antara

JAKARTA - The Padang Public Prosecutor's Office (Kejari), West Sumatra (West Sumatra) immediately detained DSD (38) suspect who was caught in a case of alleged corruption of funds from the Sharia Financial Services Cooperative (KJKS) BMT Pegambiran Ampalu Nan XX, Padang City.

"After examining the DSD suspect, the investigating prosecutor immediately carried out detention for the next 20 days," said Padang Prosecutor Head Ranu Subroto accompanied by the Head of the Special Crimes Section, Therry Gutama, in Padang, as reported by Antara, Thursday, March 4.

The detention process was preceded by a medical examination and a rapid antigen test for COVID-19.

After being declared healthy and negative for COVID-19, then the suspect, wearing a red vest, was immediately escorted to the Air Padang Children's Detention Center (Rutan).

He explained that the investigators detained the suspect with several considerations, namely worrying about running away and removing evidence.

Head of the Special Crimes Section, Therry Gutama, explained that DSD was named a suspect in the case of alleged corruption of funds from the Sharia Financial Services Cooperative (KJKS) BMT Pegambiran Ampalu Nan XX, Padang City.

The investigation into the case has been ongoing since September 30, 2020, then it was raised to the investigation level on November 10, 2020 until it was named a suspect this Thursday.

The DSD suspect is known to have served as the Manager of KJKS Pegambiran Ampalu Nan XX, and received a monthly salary for his position from the Municipal Government of Padang.

In that case, the state is estimated to have suffered a financial loss of up to Rp900 million.

This figure is cooperative finance which was recorded to have been used in 2013, but cannot be justified for its use.

He revealed that the mode used was to make a fictitious loan as if the borrower was a member of the cooperative, so that money was spent.

In addition, there is also capital assistance by third parties to cooperatives that cannot be used justified.

In 2010, KJKS received capital participation from the Padang Regional Budget amounting to Rp. 300 million, because the aim of launching a savings and loan cooperative was to improve the economy of the poor so that they could get business capital through the cooperative without having to borrow from loan sharks or the like.

Therry explained, in addition to losses to regional finances and the operation of the cooperative, misuse of KJKS funds also resulted in not depositing the remaining proceeds from the business to the village.

In fact, according to the provisions, 10 percent of the profit per year from the cooperative is transferred to the sub-district for development purposes.

The suspect was charged by the prosecutor with a crime of violating Article 2 paragraph (1), Article 3, Article 9, in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 Year 1999 concerning Eradication of Corruption Crime.