Kejari Sets One New Suspect In Indramayu's Waterfall Tourism Corruption Case

A suspect with the initials RR (mediumly wearing a pink vest) when he was taken to the Indramayu Kejari, West Java, Monday (15/7/2024). ANTARA/HO-Kejari Indramayu.

JAKARTA - The District Attorney (Kejari) Indramayu, West Java has again named a new suspect, namely a man with the initials RR in a corruption case in the construction project of an artificial waterfall tourist attraction in the area.

Kasi Intel Kejari Indramayu Arie Prasetyo said the suspect was a director of a private company that provided job services for the project.

"The suspect with the initials RR as a private party or Director at PT RDC. This party is the provider of the construction of artificial waterfall cliff infrastructure at the Indramayu Culture and Tourism Office (Disbudpar) in the fifth phase in 2019," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, July 15.

Previously, he said, the investigative team had collected sufficient evidence so that an unlawful act was found.

This action is in the form of non-compliance in the procurement of goods or services at prices or volumes used in the project to make waterfall tourist attractions in Indramayu.

According to Arie, the determination of RR as a suspect was also supported by a report on the results of the audit of state losses on the project which amounted to Rp1,189,871,205.

"On this basis, the Indramayu Kejari took legal action by re-determining one suspect," he said.

The suspect is currently undergoing detention at the Class II B Detention Center, Indramayu for the next 20 days.

RR is suspected of Article 2 paragraph (1) Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes.

"The maximum penalty is 20 years in prison and a maximum fine of Rp. 1 billion," he said.

Previously on Thursday (4/7), the Indramayu Kejari had named the former Head of the local Disbudpar with the initials C as a suspect in the corruption case in the construction of an artificial waterfall tourist attraction.

Suspect C, indicated to have committed corruption with a value of around Rp. 1.1 billion in the fifth phase of the construction of artificial waterfall infrastructure in Indramayu in 2019.