President Director Of Bank BTN Reported To Polda Metro Jaya, Customers Show The Evidence

Reports made regarding the BTN Bank polemic/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - The attorney for Bank BTN customers has reported the President Director of BTN Nixon LP Napitupulu and two other BTN officials named Ari Sadewo and Chandra M Hamzah to Polda Metro Jaya.

"Regarding the law enforcement process, we have made a police report at Polda Metro Jaya, which has been handled with the investigation and has asked for information from related parties," said the reporter, Gregorius Upi to VOI at the BTN Harmoni Building, West Jakarta, Tuesday, April 30.

The report was made 1 year ago with Police Report Number: LP/B/2513/V/2023/SPKT/Polda Metro Jaya it was carried out on May 10, 2023.

Based on the writings contained in the police report (LP), the three high-ranking Bank BTN officials were reported on suspicion of fraud / fraudulent acts of Law Number 1 of 1946 concerning the Criminal Code Article 378 of the Criminal Code and or Article 372 of the Criminal Code and or Article 49 of Law no. 10 of 1998 concerning banking or Article 3.4.5 of Law No.8 of 2010 concerning money laundering offenses that occurred in the Setiabudi area, South Jakarta in November 2022.

"With the reported name Ari Sadewo, Nixon LP Napitupulu and Chandra M Hamzah," he said.

Until now, the case is still ongoing at the Polda Metro Jaya investigators and no suspect has been named.

"Because there are indications, it is suspected that there is a flow of funds that has entered one of the branch leaders. We ask the police to thoroughly investigate," he said.

As previously reported, dozens of people still occupy Bank BTN Harmoni, Gambir District, Central Jakarta, Tuesday, April 30, at 17.13 WIB. They protested and held the bank accountable to resolve the alleged problem of losing money. Several BTN Bank customers were also present with a number of evidence files for the losses suffered.

"We are looking for Mr. Eko, where is Mr. Eko. We want my money back today. (money back) Today too, how many times have I mediated and I have reported it to the Regional Police as well. But there is no answer from BTN?," said one customer at the Bank BTN Harmoni office.

The crowd with the customers who attended had a chance to argue with high-ranking Bank BTN officials. Negotiations were tough, they had not found an agreement.

As is known, Bank BTN customers have been visiting the office since Tuesday morning. They demanded that Bank BTN immediately return their lost money.

The case began in October - November 2022. Some customers put some funds in BTN accounts with a total of IDR 7.5 billion.

Then, according to customer recognition, the balance in BTN's account suddenly decreased drastically in February 2023. Customers also felt aggrieved.

Action coordinator Gregorius Upi added that his party had reported to the OJK, but was only asked for information without significant follow-up.

Then from the investigation of the victim and his legal team, it was found that the flow of funds from bank employees allegedly flowed to one of the leaders.

"This raises strong suspicions that the loss of customer funds is the result of a criminal act allegedly involving several leaders from the red plate bank," he said.

Gregorius also said that there were allegations of involvement of the BTN leadership, both at the branch office and directors level, in this case.

"We call on the KPK to intervene and investigate potential corruption and violations of the law in this case. The loss of large amounts of customer funds and the involvement of BTN internal personnel should not be allowed," he said.

In addition, Gregorius also asked the Attorney General's Office to follow up on his report and take the necessary legal steps to involve parties in the loss of customer funds

"We ask Bank Indonesia to carry out in-depth supervision and evaluation of the performance of BTN. This incident shows that there are weaknesses in the internal BTN system and it is necessary to make systemic improvements and in the first opportunity to dishonorably dismiss the Board of Directors of Bank BTN because they have neglected to maintain the trust given by Customers," he said.