5 Suspects In The BJB Bank Case Prevented From Going Abroad

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The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has asked the Directorate General of Immigration to prevent five people from leaving the country regarding the alleged corruption of the West Java and Banten Regional Development Banks (BJB). The five are reported to have been suspects.

"Five people were prevented from leaving the country," said a VOI source delivered on Wednesday evening, March 6.

The identities of the five people have not been conveyed. However, two of them came from Bank BJB and three were private parties.

Travel prohibitions are usually aimed at facilitating investigations. The validity period is for six months and can be extended according to the needs of investigators.

Meanwhile, KPK Chairman Setyo Budiyanto agreed that an investigation warrant (sprindik) related to allegations of corruption within PT Bank Pembangunan Daerah Jawa Barat and Banten (BJB) had been issued.

Setyo conveyed this sprindik issuance when asked about other law enforcement officers who are also investigating allegations of corruption within the regional bank. He said the KPK was ready to coordinate through the Director of Investigation and the head of the investigation task force (kasatgas) so that overlapping would not occur.

"Yes, because we have issued an investigation letter if it is informed that there is another APH who did that (investigation of alleged corruption at Bank BJB, ed) then the task of the Director of Investigation and Kasatgas is to coordinate," Setyo told reporters at the ACLC KPK building, Rasuna Said, South Jakarta, Wednesday, March 5.

These suspects, continued Setyo, will be delivered through a press conference. The time will be regulated by investigators or the Deputy for Enforcement and Execution of the KPK.

"Yes, if the follow-up to the handling after the release is carried out regarding the determination of the case, yes, it will be the authority of the investigator and director or deputy when the follow-up will be carried out," he said.

Previously reported, the KPK revealed that it was handling allegations of corruption in the alleged corruption in the placement of advertising funds by PT Bank Pembangunan Daerah Jawa Barat and Banten Tbk (BJB). This impromptu practice was detected during the 2019-2024 KPK leadership period.

The Director of KPK Investigation Asep Guntur Rahayu said the announcement regarding the case was made at the right time. However, he ensured that the exposure in front of the KPK leadership to increase the status of the case to investigation had been carried out.

"We'll wait for the release, yes, the date will be mentioned later," said KPK Investigation Director Asep Guntur Rahayu to reporters quoted on Wednesday, February 26.