The Village Head In Ponorogo Becomes The Third Suspect In The Extortion Case Of The Complete Certification Land Registration Program

Illustration of bribery and corruption cases. (Antanews)

The Ponorogo District Attorney (Kejari) has named a village head in Ponorogo Regency, East Java as a new suspect in the alleged extortion case for the complete certification land registration program (PTSL) for the 2023 fiscal year.

"This is a new suspect, so the number of suspects in the PTSL case in Sawoo Village is three people," said Head of Intel Kejari Ponorogo, Agung Riyadi in Ponorogo, Friday, April 26, as reported by Antara.

Previously, the Ponorogo Kejari first named two of the same village officials as suspects for extortion in the PTSL program.

Both are called the initials SJD and SYT.

The village head whose status was raised from witness to suspect was with the initials SRO.

He was dragged into this case after the two perpetrators of extortion "sing" at trial and revealed the fact that SRO's involvement in PTSL's extortion vortex in Sawoo Village, Sawoo District.

"The information from the other two suspects, namely SJD and SYT, confirms the participation of SRO suspects in the extortion case," he said.

Agung continued, SRO was named a suspect after his party had a meeting with a special criminal prosecutor team, besides that SRO had also pocketed two pieces of evidence.

"SRO was named a suspect after we had a meeting with the team, besides that SRO has also pocketed two pieces of evidence," said Agung.

Even though it has been named a suspect, the prosecutor's office has not yet detained SRO. Agung reasoned that he was still completing the files, because before being named a SRO suspect he was still a witness.

"We have not been detained, we are still calling and we will inform you of the status of a witness as a suspect and read out his rights," he added.

It also did not rule out the possibility that there would be additional new suspects in the case.

Moreover, currently there are three village officials who have been named as suspects.

"It is possible that there are new suspects, at this time we are also still examining other witness witnesses," he said.