Papua Prosecutor's Office Confiscates IDR 6.4 Billion In Money Related To The XX PON Corruption Case

The Papua Prosecutor's Office confiscated Rp6.4 billion in money suspected of corruption in the XX Papua PON funds, Friday (11/10/2024). (ANTARA/HO/Documentation)

JAYAPURA - The Papua High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) confiscated Rp6,448,560,800 from one of the vendors (AMS) in the marketing sector of the XX Papua PON re venue.

Assistant for Special Crimes at the Papua High Prosecutor's Office, Nixon Mahuse, said the confiscation of the money was carried out after the Papua Prosecutor's Office was declared victorious by the Jayapura District Court over the pretrial filed by RL, one of the suspects.

The Papua Prosecutor's Office previously named four people as suspects in the alleged misuse of Papua PON funds, namely TR, RD, RL and VP.

Of the four suspects, one of them is RL submitting a pretrial to the Jayapura District Court. The pretrial decision, the case continues.

The money was confiscated from one of the vendors (sponsorship) in collaboration with the marketing sector, the revenue sub-field.

After being confiscated, the Rp 6.4 billion fund was immediately handed over to BNI Jayapura to be stored as evidence.

The Papua Prosecutor's Office will continue the investigation and investigation into cases of misuse of Papua PON funds.

"(The XX PON case will continue and it is possible that there will be new suspects," said Dedi Sawaki.

Four suspects, namely TR, RD, RL and VP are currently being held at the Abepura Class 1A Detention Center and the IIIrd Class Women's Prison in Keerom.