Already Received The File, Jambi Prosecutor's Office Detains Ko Apex Suspect For Embezzlement Of The Tongkang Ship

Jambi Police Ditreskrimum investigators submitted case files and suspects for embezzlement of barges to the Prosecutor's Office, Tuesday (27/8/2024). (ANTARA/HO-Prosecution)

JAMBI - Jambi High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) has detained a suspect in the embezzlement of barges after receiving a case file from a local police investigator. Head of Legal Information Section (Penkum) of the Jambi Attorney General's Office Noly Wijaya said that the suspect Affandi Susilo alias Apex would be detained for the next 20 days for further legal proceedings. "After checking the file, the suspect Ko Apex was immediately detained for the next 20 days," he said in a written statement in Jambi, Antara, Tuesday, August 27. He said the Public Prosecutor had received the surrender of the suspect and evidence (phase two) from the Jambi Police Ditkrimum Investigator in cases of forgery and embezzlement suspected of violating Article 263 of the Criminal Code and Article 374 of the Criminal Code Subsidair Article 372 of the Criminal Code. Phase two is carried out after the case file is declared complete (P21) on August 21, 2024. Furthermore, the Public Prosecutor detained the suspect Apek for 20 days at the Jambi Class II A Detention Center. For information, Apex was named a suspect in the case of document forgery and embezzlement in positions at the company he leads. This case was revealed in line with last April 2024, Ko Apex was reported by a ship entrepreneur from South Kalimantan for allegedly embezzling barges, causing billions of rupiah in losses. Apex was originally appointed by a businessman from South Kalimantan to become the head of his company's branch in Jambi. The suspect is believed to have managed the ownership documents of the company's ship at the Talang Duku Port Authority and Port Authority (KSOP) Office, Jambi.

Apart from Ko Apex, the police have also named two other suspects involved in this case.