West Kalimantan Prosecutor's Office Confiscates Ferry Ship In Kapuas Hulu

West Kalimantan High Prosecutor's Office investigators and a joint team confiscated the ferry as evidence in the corruption/ANTARA/HO-Kejari Kapuas Hulu case. (Teofilusianto Timothy)

The West Kalimantan High Prosecutor's Office Team confiscated the ferry as evidence in a case of alleged corruption (Tipikor) in the procurement of a deployment ship (feri) with a budget of IDR 2.5 billion in 2019, in Silat Hilir District, Kapuas Hulu Regency.

"The case was handled directly by the West Kalimantan Prosecutor's Office and for the legal process, the Attorney General's Office has checked and confiscated one ferry unit as evidence in the case," said Head of the Special Crimes Section of the Kapuas Hulu District Attorney's Office Lasido Haritson Panjaitandi, quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, June 6.

The Attorney General's Office has named six suspects consisting of four people with status as State Civil Apparatus (ASN) and two of them are private parties.

According to Lasido, the procurement of the River Transport Passenger Ship (Kapal Feri) sourced from the DAK Affirmation APBN for Transportation from the Kemendes DT, entered the Kapuas Hulu Regency Budget in 2019 at the DPA of the Kapuas Hulu Regency Transportation Service with a budget of approximately IDR 2.5 billion.

In checking and confiscation of the ferry, the Kapuas Hulu District Attorney only accompanied investigators from the West Kalimantan Prosecutor's Office who were also accompanied by the BPK Auditor team and shipping experts.

"Investigators have installed a confiscation sign, after that the ferry evidence was deposited with the Kapuas Hulu Regency Transportation Service, while the results of the inspection of the ship will be submitted by the Attorney General's Office," explained Lasido.