Who Was Dragged By Allegations Of Corruption Using The Land Of Bangun NCC In Mataram Whose Cases Rise Investigation

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The West Nusa Tenggara High Prosecutor's Office has stepped up the handling of cases of alleged corruption in cooperation in the use of land owned by the local provincial government for the construction and management of the NTB Convention Center (NCC) in Mataram City.

Spokesperson for the NTB Prosecutor's Office, Efrien Saputera, said that the status of handling the case was increased based on the Investigation Order of the Head of the West Nusa Tenggara High Prosecutor's Office Number: PRINT-09/N.2/Fd.1/10/2024 dated October 2, 2024.

"This case has been upgraded from the investigation stage to the investigation stage by the NTB Special Criminal Investigation Division Investigators today, Wednesday, October 2, 2024 after finding strong evidence of a Mensrea (evil intent) committing an unlawful act that is detrimental to state finances," said Efrien in Mataram, Antara, Wednesday, October 2.

State financial losses in this case have not yet emerged considering the new handling has increased investigations. Indications of state losses emerged from the cooperation process between the NTB Provincial Government and PT Lombok Plaza as the implementer of NCC development and management.

"So, until now the results of the cooperation from the construction of the NCC building have never seen a building," he said.

In addition, the NTB Provincial Government has never received payment compensation from PT Lombok Plaza as agreed in the cooperation agreement that was agreed since 2012.

The NTB Provincial Government's assets are in the form of 3,163 square meters of land in collaboration with PT Lombok Plaza for the construction of the NCC located on Jalan Bung Karno, Mataram City. The government is collaborating by providing PT Lombok Plaza to utilize the land in the form of a certificate of construction for handover (BGS).

The construction of the NCC initially aimed at the forum for international standard convention activities. Initially, the NTB Provincial Government collaborated on development and management with PT Indosinga Invetama Lombok.

In the draft PT Indosinga Invetama Lombok, the construction of the NCC building which occupies a government area of 3.2 hectares in Mataram City is worth IDR 384 billion.

The company based in Bali belongs to a foreign national from Singapore. The cooperation that was built used the Build On Operate Transfer (BOT) system or built managed and controlled for 30 years.

From the cooperation contract which was then signed by the Governor of NTB TGH Muhammad Zainul Majdi with the Director of PT Indosinga, the NTB Provincial Government will receive compensation of Rp12 billion.

However, after the agreement, the construction did not go according to the agreement. According to the news, the Director of PT Indosinga Lim Chong Siong died so that the cooperation did not continue.

Then, at the end of April 2013, the NTB Provincial Government announced the winner of the tender for the NCC development project worth Rp360 billion, namely PT Lombok Plaza based in Bali and Lombok.

PT Lombok Plaza beat its rival PT Blitz Property based in Jakarta. The two investors are part of eight investors undergoing "beauty counts" organized by the NTB Provincial Government in late 2012.

As the winner of the tender, PT Lombok Plaza took over the management of assets belonging to the NTB Provincial Government by tearing down the building that had previously been built by PT Indosinga. The buildings are the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) Health Laboratory and offices.

Until now, it is known that the area is still in the form of vacant land. There are allegations of a cooperation project with PT Lombok Plaza stalled or not running according to the agreement.