Suspect in corruption of Berjo BUMDes fund, Ngargoyoso sub-district head detained at Karanganyar police station

Head of the Special Crimes Section of the Karanganyar Kejari Hartanto met reporters in Karanganyar Regency, Central Java, some time ago. ANTARA/Aris Wasita

The Karanganyar District Attorney's Office, Central Java, has named the Ngargoyoso sub-district head with the initials WAP as a new suspect in the alleged corruption case and the crime of money laundering in the management of the Village-Owned Enterprises (BUMDes) Berjo.

Head of the Special Crimes Section of the Karanganyar Kejari Hartanto said that currently the WAP suspect has been detained in the Sukoharjo Police detention room.

"Currently, the suspect WAP has been detained at the Karanganyar Police as a detainee entrusted by the prosecutor's office," he said in Karanganyar Regency, Central Java, Antara, Wednesday, September 18.

In this case, the Ngargoyoso WAP sub-district head allegedly received gratuities in the form of a flow of funds from the US suspect. However, Hartanto was still reluctant to mention the nominal amount of the flow of funds received by WAP because it was included in the investigation material.

The determination of this new suspect is part of the development of the alleged corruption case of BUMDes Berjo. "However, the nomenclature is different. Yes, gratification, but the nominal is still part of the investigation," he said.

Hartanto explained that at first WAP was a witness in the case. However, in its development, investigators found two strong pieces of evidence, thereby increasing the WAP status of witnesses to suspects.

"So, we summoned him as a witness. Then we have two pieces of evidence that are sufficient to increase his status as a suspect," he said.

Thus, until now the Karanganyar Kejari has named three suspects in the alleged BUMDes corruption case, namely AS (Agung Sutrisno), M (Margono), and WAP (Wahyu Agus Pramono).

Suspect M is known to have acted as the coordinator for the sale of entrance tickets for Telaga Madirda and Air Falls Jumog. Meanwhile, the suspect AS is a former Supervisory Board of Berjo, Ngargoyoso District, Karanganyar Regency.

In this case, the Karanganyar Kejari found state financial losses of up to IDR 5.7 billion.