Employment BPJS Embezzlement In Bali Undergoes Legal Process

Assistant Manager of PT MRI with the initials EAD after undergoing trial at the Denpasar District Court, Monday (20/5/2024). BETWEEN/HO-BP JAMSOSTEK Banuspa.

Assistant Manager of PT MRI, with the initials EAD as a salary and tax consultant in Bali Province, underwent a legal process on suspicion of embezzling the contributions of the Employment Social Security Administering Agency (BPJS) that had been paid by PT BI.

Head of the Regional Office of BPJS Ketenagakerjaan Bali, Nusa Tenggara and Papua (Banuspa) Kuncoro Budi Winarno expressed his appreciation to the Denpasar District Attorney regarding law enforcement to EAD in order to provide protection to workers.

"We together with the Denpasar District Attorney want the law to be enforced to protect the rights of the workers," Kuncoro said as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, May 20.

Thus, he said, the workers can calmly carry out their work without worrying in accordance with the BPJS Employment tagline, namely Gold-Free Hard Work.

Moreover, said Kuncoro, the case is the first criminal case in the Denpasar area related to embezzlement of BPJS Ketenagakerjaan contributions.

Previously, the EAD had been named a suspect by Denpasar Police investigators, and the case file submitted by the Denpasar Police was then followed up by the local District Attorney.

Head of the Civil and Administrative Section (Kasidatun) of the Denpasar District Attorney, Komang Agus Sugiharta, said the witness from the Denpasar Branch BPJS Ketenagakerjaan had also been summoned during the trial for questioning on the case.

Sugiharta said that this case began when EAD at PT MRI did not deposit the BPJS Ketenagakerjaan PT BI contributions that had been paid.

"In addition to without permission or the knowledge of PT MRI, the money that should be BPJS Ketenagakerjaan's contribution is transferred to his account and used for personal gain," he said.

According to him, according to Law Number 24 of 2011 concerning the Social Security Administering Body (BPJS), the practice carried out by EAD is that not depositing the contributions of BPJS Employment participants is a form of criminal offense.

"According to Law No. 24 of 2011, companies are required to pay dues for BPJS Ketenagakerjaan participants. Not only collecting fees violates, let alone not depositing fees. That can be subject to criminal sanctions," said Sugiharta.

Meanwhile, Denpasar Public Prosecutor's Office Made Ayu Citra said this case was a lesson for payroll consultants and PIC paying BPJS Ketenagakerjaan contributions so that they were orderly to make due payments and not tempted to carry out their position functions.

According to him, EAD was charged with committing a criminal act of embezzlement in his position as referred to in Article 374 of the Criminal Code and/or Article 372 of the Criminal Code.