Kejari Jembrana Tahan Tersangka Korupsi LPD Yang Membuat Rugi Rp1,2 Miliar

ANTARA/Gembong Ismadi

The Jembrana District Attorney, Bali has detained a suspect in the alleged corruption case of funds from the Bamuk Traditional Village Credit Institution (LPD), Negara District, Jembrana Regency with a loss of more than IDR 1.2 billion.

Head of the Jembrana District Attorney's Office, Salomina Meyke Saliama, said that his party had determined the NKP (46) cashier as well as the treasurer of the Baluk LPD as a suspect and was immediately detained for 20 days.

"Investigators decided to make arrests for fear of the suspect running away," he said accompanied by Head of the Special Crimes Section Putu Andy Sutadharma and Head of the Intelligence Section Fajar Said as reported by ANTARA, Monday, April 22.

He said, there were several ways the suspect dredged funds from the customary village financial institution, such as withdrawing customer savings without the knowledge of the customer concerned, withdrawing money in a larger amount than the customer withdraws, and not depositing customer savings into LPD cash.

In carrying out this action, he said, NKP did so together with IPAYA and INW, both of which were savings withdrawal officers to the people of the Baluk Traditional Village, Negara District.

"For IPAYA, no further legal action was made because the person concerned died. Meanwhile, INW's status is still a witness and we will examine it further," he said.

Dari pemeriksaan terhadap NKP, dia melakukan tindakan yang merugikan LPD Baluk sejak tahun 2019 yang untuk memutupi perbuatannya dia membuat kwitansi-kwitansi palsu terkait uang masuk dan keluar.

"So that his actions were not known to the head of the Baluk LPD. After he used enough LPD money, this case was only revealed," he said.

Of the losses of more than Rp1.2 billion, he said, the suspect enriched himself or used the funds of more than Rp600 million.

As a result of his actions, the Jembrana District Attorney charged NKP with Article 2 paragraph (1) or Article 3 or Article 8 or Article 9 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption.

In addition to the corruption eradication law, the prosecutor's office also charged the suspect with Article 55 paragraph (1) to 1 in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.

LPD is a traditional village financial institution in Bali, which manages the savings funds of indigenous village communities and provides credit to help the economic growth of its citizens.

In addition to determining and detaining suspects of corruption in LPD funds, the Jembrana District Attorney's Office also received the delegation of suspected illegal cigarette dealers from investigators at the Customs and Excise Supervision and Service Office, Customs A Denpasar.

Customs and excise investigators handed over the IGNPAT suspect, who was caught distributing illegal cigarettes in Yehembang Kangin Village, Mendoyo District last February.