MAMUJU - The West Sulawesi High Prosecutor's Office of West Sulawesi's (West Sulawesi Prosecutor's) Fugitive Arrest Team (West Sulawesi Prosecutor's Office) has arrested a fugitive convicted in a working capital loan (KMK) fund corruption case at Bank Sulselbar, Pasangkayu Branch. This case caused losses to state finances of up to IDR 41 billion.

Head of the Legal Information Section at the Attorney General's Office, Sulbar Amiruddin, in Mamuju, said that the convict Abidin bin Senang Hati was arrested at his home in Sarudu Village, Sarudu District, Pasangkayu Regency, Monday, May 3 evening.

"The DPO of the KMK fund corruption case at Bank Sulselbar, Pasangkayu Branch, who was a fugitive for 11 years, was arrested at his house last night (Monday), without any resistance," said Amiruddin.

The arrest of Abidin, continued Amiruddin, was directly led by Intelligence Assistant Irvan Samosir together with the Tabur Team of the West Sulawesi Prosecutor's Office and the Pasangkayu Prosecutor's Office.

The arrest, he continued, was based on an order from the Head of the West Sulawesi High Prosecutor's Office, Johny Manurung, Number 86 / P.6 / Dip.4 / 02/2021 dated February 22, 2021.

The convict, said Amiruddin, had long been sought and hunted by the West Sulawesi Prosecutors' Tabur Team, namely since March 2020, but has always managed to escape.

"The convict was hunted down to Palu City, Central Sulawesi and then in Pasangkayu, but he always managed to escape when he was about to be arrested," he continued.

"Lastly, before being arrested, the West Sulawesi Prosecutor's Office of Tabur raided his house on April 27, 2021. Until finally, on Monday (3/5) night, at around 20:50 WITA, we managed to arrest Abidin," said Amiruddin.

He said, Abidin was convicted of corruption in the KMK Bank Sulselbar Pasangkayu branch, based on the Supreme Court's decision Number 1634.K / Pidsus / 2010 dated December 16, 2010, was sentenced to four years in prison, a fine of Rp200 million, a subsidiary of three months in prison and Rp200 million in compensation a subsidiary of three months in prison.

The convict, he said, was proven to have violated Article 2 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 18 paragraph (1) of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Eradication of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code. .

"After being arrested, he was taken to Mamuju for the execution of his body in a correctional facility," said Amiruddin.

Previously, on March 16, 2021, the West Sulawesi Prosecutors' Tabur Team also arrested Jamal Stanza, one of the 17 convicts of working capital credit at the Pasangkayu Branch of BPD Bank at his residence in Pasangkayu Regency.

Then, on April 9, 2021, the West Sulawesi High Prosecutor's Office's Tabur Team again managed to arrest Merry Yasti Tangkepadang, convicted in a KMK fund corruption case at the Pasangkayu branch of BPD Sulselbar Bank who was also a fugitive for 11 years.

Merry Yasti Tangkepadang was arrested by the West Sulawesi Prosecutor's Office of the Tabur Team at his residence in Cisalak District, Depok City, West Java.


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