TNG Lenfest 2024 Music Concert Money Used By Committee Chair For Personal Interest

The stage was burned by the masses, the police looked for the committee/ Photo: IST

TANGERANG - Police said the chairman of the music concert committee for the 2024 Tangerang Lentera Festival (TNG Lenfest) Muhammad Dian Permana (27) used the money for a music concert for personal gain. Dian Permana used the money without the knowledge of the other committee.

It is known that the concert which was held at the Pasar Kemis football field, Tangerang Regency, Sunday night, June 23, ended in chaos. The action of burning the stage and looting food and other valuables occurred, was carried out by the audience. The riots occurred because the artist you had been waiting for did not appear because the committee had not paid for it.

"The money used or embezzled was unknown, without being notified to other organizers. From the nominal amount of money that came in, he used it for personal purposes," said Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Tangerang Police, Kompol Arief N Yusuf to reporters at the Pasar Kemis Police, Thursday, June 27.

The concert, which was supposed to invite Guyon Waton to NDX AKA, was canceled. So there was a riot and the audience set fire to the stage.

"So, you can't make payments to artists," he said.

Regarding the amount of money used, said Arief, it is still in the process of being investigated. He only ensured that the money was used for personal purposes which in the end could not pay the artists.

"Yes, basically some are used for personal needs, so they cannot make payments," he said.

For his actions, the suspect is subject to multiple charges. Among others, Article 62 Paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 8 paragraph 1 letter f and / or Article 62 Paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 16, Law Number 8 of 1999 concerning Consumer Protection and or Article 378 of the Criminal Code and or Article 372 of the Criminal Code.

"The allegation of Consumer Protection Crimes and/or Fraud Crimes and/or Embezzlement Crimes," he said.