4 BOK Bulukumba Corruption Suspects Detained In Makassar Prison

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JAKARTA - A total of four suspects in the 2019 Health Operational Assistance (BOK) corruption were detained at the Gunungsari Class 1A Penitentiary, Makassar, South Sulawesi, Saturday, May 29.

The suspects each had the initials AA, as the former Acting Head of the Bulukumba Health Service, ER, Head of the Finance Division, IR, Treasurer of the Health Service, and EH, as a state civil apparatus (ASN) who served as a driver at the local Health Service.

"Yes, it is true that he has been detained in Makassar Prison in preparation for a trial at the Makassar Corruption Court," said Head of the Bulukumba District Attorney's Office, Hartam Ediyanto, as quoted by Antara, Sunday.

Based on the results of an audit by the Indonesian Supreme Audit Agency (BPK), he said, it was found that state losses amounted to Rp. 13.4 billion, with details of Rp. 11 billion in 2019 and more than Rp. 2 billion in 2020, from the total budget disbursed by the Ministry of Health through the State Budget of more than Rp. 17 billion.

Bulukumba Police Investigators have transferred the second stage case files of the suspects to the Bulukumba District Attorney's Office. The case file and evidence have been declared complete or P21 for further use in the trial at the Makassar Tipikor District Court.

"On May 27, 2021, the suspect and evidence related to the BOK funds from the Health Service for the 2019 Fiscal Year from the investigator to the public prosecutor of the Bulukumba District Attorney's Office have now been refined to be transferred to the Corruption Court in Makassar," he said.

A total of four suspects before undergoing detention in prisons, are required to follow the COVID-19 health protocol, through self-isolation and then transferred to the corruption detention room.

"All suspects were immediately quarantined for self-isolation in the COVID-19 orientation admission room at Makassar Prison for the next 14 days, then transferred to the detention room waiting for the trial schedule," he said.

Previously, investigators from the Corruption Crimes at the Bulukumba Police, apart from detaining a number of suspected corruptors, also confiscated a number of evidences, such as bank statements, books of entry and exit of money, and letters of accountability from 20 health centers and the Bulukumba Health Office.

Investigators also submitted evidence to the prosecutor, namely a number of documents, from planning, implementation, to financial accountability (SPJ) managed by the Bulukumba Health Office, including a house belonging to the suspect worth Rp. 136 million.

The suspects are subject to Article 2 Paragraph 1 and/or Article 3 of Law Number 31 of 1999, as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption with a maximum imprisonment of four years.