3 Times Absent, Suherman PPK Official Enters DPO Corruption Case On Mount Tunak Road Project

Photo archive of the Central Lombok Kejari Office. (ANTARA/HO-Kejari Central Lombok)

NTB - The Central Lombok District Attorney (Kejari) issued a wanted list (DPO) status for the suspect Suherman (SU) in the corruption case of the road construction project to the Mount Tunak Nature Tourism Park.

Head of the Intelligence Section of the Central Lombok Kejari Made Jury confirmed the determination of the DPO against Suherman, who is the official commitment maker (PPK) in the project.

"Yes, that's right," said Jury in NTB, Friday, October 11, which was confiscated by Antara.

The DPO status was determined for the suspect Suherman because he was absent 3 times from the Central Lombok Kejari summons

"Because the person concerned has been summoned three times, but did not attend to the summons of the investigation team, so the DPO status was issued," he said.

Jury ensured that the issuance of DPO status for the suspect Suherman was in accordance with case handling procedures. Forced pick-up efforts have also been carried out previously with the suspect's results not at his home.

Previously, the Central Lombok Kejari Investigation Team on Monday, October 7, armed with an arrest warrant from the Head of the Central Lombok Kejari made an attempt to forcefully pick up Suherman at his home in the Ampenan area, Mataram City.

However, the person concerned is not on the spot. Suherman's wife admitted that her husband had not returned home since the court judge rejected the pretrial lawsuit in the case. There are allegations that Suherman is already outside the area.

Furthermore, Jury asked for public support. If he gets information about Suherman's whereabouts, he hopes to immediately report it to law enforcement officials.

In handling this case, the Central Lombok Kejari has pocketed the results of an audit of the calculation of state financial losses (PKKN) from the NTB Inspectorate with a value of Rp333 million. Based on the audit results, the value of the loss arises from a lack of work.

Regarding this case, the Central Lombok Kejari was recorded as having faced a pretrial lawsuit from three applicants who had previously been suspects with the initials MNR, supervisory consultant, director of PT Indomine Utama as project implementer with the initials FS, and Suherman who is the project commitment maker (PPK) official.

The sole pretrial judge at the Praya District Court in a decision dated July 6, 2023 stated that the series of investigative actions carried out by the respondent (Kejari Lombok Tengah) against the applicant was invalid.

Despite losing the pretrial lawsuit, the prosecutor's office continues the investigation process using a new investigation warrant.

The Central Lombok Kejari carried out this by referring to Article 2 paragraph (3) of the Regulation of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia Number 4 of 2016 which regulates that pretrial decisions do not invalidate the subject matter.

After conducting a re-investigation, Suherman, who is now a suspect again, filed a pretrial lawsuit. As a result, the pretrial judge at the Central Lombok District Court in a decision, Tuesday, September 10, rejected Suherman's pretrial lawsuit.

The road project to Mount Tunak TWA was built in 2017. The construction was carried out through the budget of the NTB PUPR Service worth IDR 3 billion.

However, the road collapsed after a temporary handover of work from implementing partners from PT Indomine Utama to the government.

The damaged road condition is estimated to be 1 kilometer long. Based on these findings, the prosecutor conducted an investigation by finding indications of a lack of specifications and work volume according to the results of the examination by construction experts from East Nusa Tenggara.

The prosecutor in the previous investigation also collaborated with an auditist from a public accountant by referring to the results of the construction expert's examination.