The Attorney General's Office Confiscates IDR 1 Billion From The Search Series Of The Jakarta Culture Office

The Jakarta High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) confiscated IDR 1 billion in cash from a series of officials from the Jakarta Special Regional Provincial Culture Office/DOK Jakarta Attorney General's Office

JAKARTA - The Jakarta High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) confiscated Rp1 billion in cash from a series of officials from the Jakarta Special Regional Culture Office and four other locations.

The raid was related to the investigation of the alleged corruption case of irregularities in activities at the DKJ Provincial Culture Office, which was sourced from the DKJ Provincial Culture Service Budget for Fiscal Year 2023.

"The confiscation of Rp1 billion," said Head of the Legal Information Section of the Jakarta Prosecutor's Office, Syahroni Hasibuan to VOI, Wednesday, December 18.

The money was confiscated not from the Jakarta Special Region Culture Office office but in one of the other locations which is a residence.

However, the location in question was not clearly conveyed. So far, it is known that from the five locations that were searched by three of the residential houses in Kebon Jeruk and Matraman.

"The confiscation of money from one of the witness' houses," said Syahroni.

Not only cash, in the series of searches investigators also confiscated a number of evidences such as electronic goods. Now, the evidence is being investigated further.

"The confiscation of several units of laptops, cellphones, PCs, flash drives for forensic analysis was also confiscated, several other important documents and files were confiscated," said Syahroni.

The series of searches were carried out on Wednesday, December 18. The basis for the search is related to allegations of corruption in the form of irregularities in activity funds worth Rp150 billion.