KPK Finds Other Parties Allegedly Participating In Enjoying PT Taspen's Corruption Money

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JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said that there were other parties who participated in enjoying the flow of PT Taspen (Persero) fictitious investment corruption money. Investigators already have their identities.

"That investigators have also identified the parties who also received and enjoyed the flow of money in this case," said KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo to reporters in a written statement quoted on Monday, June 23.

While on a separate occasion, Budi did not specify who was caught enjoying the fraudulent practice money. He only said the opportunity to determine the suspect was open to these findings.

Therefore, Budi reminded all parties to be cooperative, especially when summoned for questioning. "The KPK certainly opens up the possibility (setting other suspects, ed)," he said.

"Because in this investigation process the KPK saw the facts that there were other parties involved," continued Budi.

In this case, the KPK has just named PT Insight Investments Management (IIM) as a corporate suspect. The determination is based on a newly issued investigation warrant (sprindik).

As previously reported, Antonius Nicholas Stephanus Kosasih as the former President Director of PT Taspen was charged with enriching himself worth Rp34.08 billion in connection with the alleged fictitious investment case at PT Taspen (Persero) in 2019. The prosecution read out his indictment at the Jakarta Corruption Court on Tuesday, May 27.

In the indictment, it was stated that Kosasih, who at that time served as Investment Director of PT Taspen in 2019, benefited from investment in the Mutual Fund I-Next G2 to issue Sukuk Ijarah TPS Food 2 in 2016 from the portfolio of PT Taspen without the support of recommendations from investment analysis results.

In addition to enriching himself, Kosasih is also suspected of enriching others and corporations, namely Ekiawan with 242,390 US dollars; Patar Sitanggang Rp200 million; PT IIM Rp44.21 billion; and PT Pacific Sekuritas Indonesia Rp108 million.

Then, several other parties were enriched in this case. They are PT KB Valbury Sekuritas Indonesia worth IDR 2.46 billion; Sinar Emas Sekuritas IDR 44 million; and PT TPSF IDR 150 billion.

For this action, the state was harmed by Rp1 trillion, so that Kosasih and Ekiawan were threatened with crime in Article 2 paragraph (1) or Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended and supplemented by Law Number 20 of 2001 jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code.