Bali Prosecutor's Office Sets Berawa Traditional Village Suspects For Extortion Of IDR 10 Billion To Investors

Bali High Prosecutor's Office Investigators conducted a hand arrest operation (OTT) against the Berawa Traditional Village, North Kuta District, Badung Regency, Bali Ketut Riana/ANTARA-Kasi Penkum Bali Prosecutor

The Bali High Prosecutor's Special Crime Investigators (Pidsus ) named Bendesa (village head) Berawa Badung Regency, Bali, Ketut Riana (RK) as a suspect in the alleged extortion of investors.

Head of the Legal Information Section of the Bali Prosecutor's Office, Agus Eka Sabana Putra, said that RK had been named a suspect on Friday (3/5) after a series of investigations were carried out at the Special Crimes building of the Bali Attorney General's Office.

"The person concerned has been named a suspect starting today," said Eka Sabana, Friday, May 3.

Ketut Riana was charged with Article 12 letter e of the Corruption Crime Law on eradicating corruption with a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 200 million.

After being named a suspect, RK will be detained at the Class II A Penitentiary in Kerobokan, Badung.

Meanwhile, the other three people detained by investigators are still witnesses.

Eka said investigators were still conducting further investigations regarding the involvement of other parties in the case.

Bali High Prosecutor's Office investigators have scheduled the reconstruction of the hand arrest operation (OTT) against Ketut Riyadi at Cafe Casa Bunga, Renon, Denpasar, Bali on Friday (3/5) afternoon.

Previously, investigators from the Bali Attorney General's Office arrested Ketut Riana in a hand arrest operation (OTT) at Cafe Casa Bunga, Denpasar, Thursday (2/5) at 16.00 WITA.

RK was arrested along with AN, an investor, along with two other people with evidence in the form of Rp100 million in cash, one Fortuner unit and two cell phones.

Head of the Bali High Prosecutor's Office, Ketut Sumedana, explained that KR asbendesaadattelah made efforts to eradicate buying and selling transactions carried out by AN with land owners in Berawa Village, Badung Regency, Bali.

KR meminta uang sejumlah Rp10 miliar atas transaksi yang dilakukan oleh AN dengan pemilik tanah.

Sumedana mengatakan proses pemerasan terhadap investor berinisial AN dimulai sejak Maret 2024, bahkan telah dilakukan beberapa transaksi oleh AN kepada KR.

Initially, KR asked KN for Rp10 billion to facilitate the management of land which was the object of buying and selling transactions with land owners.

AN has also handed over money amounting to Rp50 million, directly transferred to KR's account as bendesiadat to launch the initial administration process.

It is planned that on Thursday (2/5), AN handed over cash to KR in the amount of Rp. 100 million, but the Bali Attorney General's Office investigators immediately arrested KR and conducted an examination of AN and two other people who were present during the transaction process.