The West Nusa Tenggara High Prosecutor's Office has named the former West Lombok Regent Zaini Arony as a suspect in the alleged corruption case in operational cooperation (KSO) for the use of assets of the West Lombok Regency Government as the location of the building of the 2013 former Lombok City Center (LCC) shopping center.
"Recently, we from the NTB Prosecutor's Office Investigation Team have named Zaini Arony as a suspect," said NTB Prosecutor's Office Investigator Hasan Basri as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, February 24.
Investigators have named the former West Lombok Regent as a suspect in his capacity as President Commissioner of PT Patuh Patju (Tripat) who also approved KSO for the construction of the LCC with PT Bliss Pembangunan Sejahtera.
"From the results of the investigation based on the evidence, it is known that in this case the person concerned as the President Commissioner of PT Tripat and the Regent of West Lombok for the period June to November 2013, it was revealed that there were several roles," he said.
It was explained, Zaini Arony, who initially introduced the President Director of PT Tripat Azril Sopandi who was also a suspect in this case to PT Bliss Pembangunan Sejahtera.
"It took place around June 2013," he said.
Furthermore, Zaini took an active role in several meetings to discuss KSO with PT Tripat with PTbanis Pembangunan Sejahtera.
"Then, he also issued a KSO agreement between PTbanis and PT Tripat," he said.
Finally, the former Regent of West Lombok agreed and was also present at the signing of the KSO between PT Tripat and PTbanis Pembangunan Sejahtera in November 2013 at the Santosa Hotel, Senggigi, West Lombok Regency.
As a suspect, Zaini Arony is subject to Article 2 paragraph (1) or Article 3 of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law No. 20 of 2001 in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code.
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