Bareskrim Polri Names Ex-Employee Of BPOM As Suspect For Extortion And Gratification

Deputy Director of Corruption Crimes at Bareskrim Polri Kombes Arief Adiharsa/DOK Special

The Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police has named a former employee of the Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) with the initials SD as a suspect in the alleged extortion and gratification case. Deputy Director of Corruption Crimes at Bareskrim Polri Kombes Arief Adiharsa said the extortion of the former BPOM employee was carried out against the director of PT AOBI with the initials FK. The value is around Rp. 3.49 billion. "It is suspected that the money from FK to SD was given because of repeated requests from elementary schools to FK," said Arief in his statement, Monday, August 12. The extortion and gratuities carried out by the suspect SD were carried out from 2021 to 2023. Arief detailed the receipt of money by the suspect SD, first, around Rp. 1 billion which was intended for the overthrow of the Head of BPOM. Then, Rp967 million was received by elementary school through someone else's account in the name of DK, Rp1,178 billion in elementary school accounts and Rp 350 million in cash events for the management of the PT AOBI trial by BPOM. For the determination of the suspect against elementary school, said Arief, it was carried out based on the facts of the investigation, the adequacy of evidence and the results of the case title on June 24, 2024. "Investigators have examined 2 expert witnesses, namely criminal and language experts, 28 witnesses consisting of 17 witnesses from BPOM, private 8 witnesses, agencies outside BPOM 3 witnesses namely KPK and 2 witnesses from banks," he said. Investigators have also confiscated evidence of IDR 1.3 billion and 65 other documents.

Regarding the alleged extortion and gratuities carried out by elementary schools, BPOM has conducted an examination and imposed sanctions for disciplinary violations against elementary schools in the form of demotion from the position of Head of the Bandung POM to Executive of the POM Center in Tarakan. The articles suspected of the suspect are Article 12 letter (e) and/or Article 12 B of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.