BTN Admits Case Of Alleged Missing Customer Money Makes Bank Officials Sentenced

Police report allegedly lost BTN customer money/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - The attorney for Bank BTN, Rony Hutajulu, responded to the statement of BTN's attorney regarding the report at Polda Metro Jaya. According to Rony, in principle Bank BTN respects the public's right to report Bank BTN to law enforcers.

"Regarding the crime that is currently being reported as LP No. 2513, it is actually Bank BTN who took the first initiative to report the crime to Polda Metro investigators. The BTN Bank report has made Ari Sadewo and his wife, Selly as suspects," said Rony when confirmed by VOI, Wednesday, May 8.

Rony said this criminal incident had also been tried and had received a decision at the East Jakarta District Court.

"Which basically punished Ari Sadewo and his wife for guilt. This criminal case has permanent legal force," he said.

Rony explained, if a criminal incident that has received a legal decision has permanent legal force, then it is reported back as reported in LP No. 2513, it has violated and violated the principles of Ne Bis In Idem which are known in criminal law.

"The principle of Ne Bis In Idem is in the sense of being free, which means 'It is not permissible for criminal cases that have been decided by the Court to be re-examined'," he said.

Previously, the attorney for Bank BTN customers had 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.

The alleged loss of BTN customer money has occurred 2 years ago. However, according to BTN customers, to this day there has been no settlement from Bank BTN.

Customers admitted that they were disappointed and vented their emotions when they visited BTN Harmoni in Central Jakarta on Tuesday, April 30, yesterday.

"It's been 2 years ago. It was done by one of the BTN employees. I call it a BTN employee because it has been recognized by BTN itself. Because in the previous meeting process they stated that it was true that (the perpetrator) was a BTN employee," he said.

Gregorius asked the management, in this case, to remain accountable in the eyes of the law because there was negligence.

"That's why we also ask that the OJK should not be silent, the KPK should not just remain silent. Other related parties should not be silent. This is a serious problem, this concerns the national economy. Just imagine if the state-owned bank like this management would collapse, how our economic growth would be in the future," he regretted.