Home From Lebaran, Former Wali Nagari Buyung Ganto Who Was Buron In The Corruption Case Was Arrested By The West Pasaman Kejari

Pasaman District Attorney's investigators when carrying the suspect, former Wali Nagari Katiagan, Kinali District for the 2009-2014 period, after being arrested at his residence in Katiagan, Thursday (18/4/2024). Between/Altas Maulana.

SIMPANG FOUR - The West Pasaman District Attorney's Office, West Sumatra arrested the former Mayor of Nagari (Head of Village) Katiagan, Kinali District, Sudimara Bin Sidi Baditek alias Buyung Ganto (SBG). He is a fugitive in a corruption case of misuse of the Nagari Katiagan Fund Allocation for the 2013-2014 fiscal year. "It is true that we arrested the suspect at his home in Nagari Katiagan today," said West Pasaman Kejari Chief Muhammad Yusuf Putra accompanied by the Head of Special Crimes Section Andita and Head of Intelligence Hendri S at Simpang Empat, Antara, Thursday, April 18. The suspect was named a fugitive because he was not present to fulfill the summons of West Pasaman Kejari investigators since August 27, 2021. The suspect was also hospitalized and after that his whereabouts were unknown, so he was declared on the wanted list by the West Pasaman Kejari investigators. According to him, the suspect was caught in the case of using the nagari allocation fund in 2013-2014. The suspect used the funds that should have been used for nagari operational costs, nagari capital expenditures, capital expenditures for goods and nagari services, spending assistance to traditional institutions and local youth organizations, but the suspect and treasurer with the initials SY used them as if they were borrowing. "The money was borrowed for personal gain in 2013 and 2014. The total was IDR 288,908,773. Then an inappropriate accountability was found from the results of the West Pasaman Inspectorate audit," he said. As for the second suspect, who is the treasurer of Nagari Katiagan, the initials SY, is still a fugitive. He explained that the suspect's arrest began with the intelligence team's quick motion. After receiving accurate information that the suspect was at his home in Eid. The investigative team, assisted by the Kinali Police, managed to arrest him at his residence on Thursday. "The public prosecutor has detained him for 20 days starting April 18-7 May at the West Pasaman Police detention center," he said. The suspect was charged with Primary Crime Article 2 paragraph 1 Subsidiary Article 3 of the Anti-Corruption Law in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph 1 to 1 of the Criminal Code with a maximum threat of 20 years and a minimum of 1 year. He appealed to SY suspects who are still at large to immediately surrender. To the public who know the whereabouts of the suspect SY so that they can report it to the prosecutor's office.

"We appeal to all existing nagari guardians to be careful in using nagari funds. Use the existing budget according to applicable regulations," he said.