KPK Calls Ridwan Kamil A Witness Status In The BJB Bank Corruption Case

KPK Chairman Setyo Budiyanto (DOK Wardhany Tsa Tsia/VOI)

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said that former West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil or Kang Emil was still a witness in the alleged corruption of PT Bank Pembangunan Daerah Jawa Barat and Banten, Tbk (BJBR).

This assurance was conveyed by the Chairman of the KPK, Setyo Budiyanto, when asked about the search at the house of the chairman of the Golkar Party DPP on Monday, March 10. From the forced effort, investigators are said to have found documents and goods related to the case being handled.

"(Ridwan Kamil's status in this case, ed) is a witness," said Setyo to reporters at the ACLC KPK building, Rasuna Said, South Jakarta, Wednesday, March 12.

In the future, the KPK has the opportunity to summon Ridwan Kamil for questioning. However, Setyo said that the exact time will be regulated by the task force (task force) team that handles this alleged corruption.

"I return it to the investigators. That is a technical matter for investigators, the director of investigators, the cassation, which will determine according to their needs," said the former Inspector General of the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan).

The KPK has previously issued an investigation warrant (sprindik) to investigate allegations of corruption within Bank BJB. Five people have been named as suspects because they are suspected of causing state losses.

"The article suspected of Article 2 paragraph (1) or Article 3 is related to the procurement of goods or services at Bank BJB," said a VOI source who was delivered on Wednesday, March 5 evening.

The amount of state losses incurred by the five suspects reached hundreds of billions of rupiah. However, the exact figure cannot be conveyed.

The same source also said that the KPK had asked the Directorate General of Immigration to prevent the five suspects from leaving the country for six months. Two of them are internal Bank BJB while the rest are private.

This effort is being made to facilitate the investigation process. The prohibition of traveling abroad can usually be extended as needed.

Meanwhile, the Director of Investigation of the KPK, Asep Guntur Rahayu, said that the alleged corruption at Bank BJB occurred for the period 2021-2023. It is suspected that there was a fraud related to the installation of advertisements in print and electronic media.

"(The suspicion is related, red) the procurement of goods and services in the form of BJB advertisements in print and electronic media," Asep told reporters in a written statement, Tuesday, March 11.