Pamekasan - The Pamekasan District Attorney's Office (Kejari) in East Java has examined as many as 70 people as witnesses in a case of alleged cutting of social assistance (Bansos) to a number of beneficiary families in the area.
"The 70 people we have asked for information are from all elements, such as accompanying officers of the assistance program, officers from related departments and victims, namely the recipients of assistance," said Head of Special Criminal Affairs (Pidsus) of the Pamekasan District Attorney's Office, Ali Munip in Pamekasan, East Java, Monday, December 15, dilansiri ANTARA.
The case of alleged cutting of social assistance in Pamekasan is in the Family Hope Program (PKH) by an individual who accompanies the program.
Initially, the case was reported by a number of victims to the East Java High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati).
"Currently, the case handling case has been delegated by the East Java Prosecutor's Office to the Pamekasan District Attorney's Office, so we immediately moved to conduct an examination to collect evidence and evidence," he said.
The case of cutting PKH assistance occurred in two sub-districts, namely Waru Sub-district and Tlanakan Sub-district, with the report of the program's accompanying officers.
"Based on the report submitted to us, the cuts in assistance range from Rp50 thousand to Rp800 thousand," he said.
Meanwhile, handling this case of alleged corruption in cutting PKH social assistance is one of three cases of alleged corruption handled by the Pamekasan District Attorney's Office from January to December 15, 2025.
Two other cases, alleged corruption in the gold pawn case at Pegadaian Syariah Pamekasan, and alleged corruption in the construction of a Village Owned Business (BUMDes) store in Laden Village, Pamekasan.
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