Bobol Bank Pemerintah Di Semarang, Terdakwa Anggoro Bagus Mengaku Intentionnya Jaga Performa NPL

The trial of corruption of local government-owned banks at the Semarang Corruption Court, Thursday (ANTARA/IC Senjaya)

SEMARANG - The defendant in the alleged burglary of a local government bank in Semarang City, Anggoro Bagus Pamuji, admitted that his crime was aimed at maintaining the performance of the bad credit level or Non-performing Loan (NPL) at the financial institution. "My intention is to maintain the value of NPL, it does not result in costs incurred from NPL. The value of NPL is maintained and does not increase," said Anggoro when delivering his defense at the trial at the Semarang Corruption Court, Antara, Thursday, June 20. He admitted that he had used the names of a number of customers to apply for fictitious credit. However, he hopes that his intention to maintain the performance of the government-owned bank so that it can always be a mitigating consideration for the sentence that will be imposed. The defendant himself admitted that he regretted his actions and asked for the lightest punishment. Previously, the public prosecutor demanded Anggoro Bagus Pamuji, with a sentence of 9 years and 8 months for corruption that cost the state up to Rp7.7 billion. The former head of the Marketing Unit of a local government bank in Semarang City to pay a fine of Rp. 500 million which if not paid will be replaced with imprisonment for 6 months. The defendant was found guilty of violating Article 2 paragraph 1 of Law Number 31 of 1999 which was amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption.

The Central Java Representative Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP) recorded state losses due to corruption that occurred in the period 2019 to 2021 which reached Rp7.7 billion.