Procurement Of Village Internet Network Corruption, South Sumatra Prosecutor's Office Set 2 Suspects

Illustration of the perpetrator of the crime was arrested (ANTARA)

PALEMBANG - The South Sumatra High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati Sumsel) has named two suspects in the corruption case of the village communication and local information installation network at the Musi Banyuasin Regency Community Empowerment Service in the 2019-2023 fiscal year. "Last night at around 22.00 WIB after the examination, we named two new suspects in this case with the initials RD as the Head of the PT Info Media Solusi Net (ISN) Branch in 2023 and MH as the Head of the Village Economic Development Program at the PMD Office of Musi Banyuasin Regency," said Assistant for Special Crimes at the South Sumatra Attorney General's Office, Umaryadi, quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, August 15. Sumaryadi said that the investigative team had collected sufficient preliminary evidence and evidence as regulated in Article 184 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Procedure Code for the determination of the suspect. The suspects RD and MH were detained for the next 20 days at the Palembang Class I Detention Center from August 14, 2024 to September 2, 2024.

Adapun potensi kerugian keuangan negara sekitar Rp25 miliar. Modus operandi mereka, tersangka RD memiliki peran sebagai orang yang bertanggung jawab dan berperan aktif dalam membantu tersangka MA (Direktur Utama PT Info Media Solusi Net) dalam pelaksanaan kegiatan dimaksud.

In 2023 the suspect RD as the Head of the PT Info Media Solusi Net (ISN) Branch which signed a cooperation contract with the village, also played a role in withdrawing and disbursing money from the account of PT Info Media Solusi Net without any procedures and company mechanisms regulated by law. Meanwhile, the suspect MH as ASN received a flow of money sourced from funds for the manufacture and management of network/installation of communication and local village information at the PMD Muba TA 2019 - 2023 Service with a total of Rp1,840,950,000.00.

By way of the suspect MA, he made a BCA Sekayu Branch account in the name of the suspect MA, then the ATM card and PIN and mobile banking were handed over to the suspect MH. "The witnesses who have been examined so far are 173 people and we are still investigating," he said.