JAKARTA - Investigators from the West Nusa Tenggara High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati NTB) have detained a third suspect in the alleged corruption case for the procurement of 70 hectares of land for the construction of the MXGP Circuit in the Samota area, Sumbawa Regency, 2022-2023.
The Special Criminal Assistant of the NTB Prosecutor's Office, Muh. Zulkifli Said, revealed that the third suspect in this case was named Saipullah Zulkarnain alias SZ who was the leader of a colleague of the Public Appraisal Service Office (KJPP) who appraised 70 hectares of land with a value of Rp. 52 billion.
"He (Saipullah Zulkarnain) is the owner of the KJPP. So, all the administrative documents are signed by him. He also knows about the re-appraisal, at the second appraisal," he said in a press conference in Mataram, Thursday, quoted by Antara.
Due to the follow-up results of the determination of the suspect, the prosecutor's investigators entrusted the detention of SZ at the Lombok Class II A Prison. West.
"We will detain them within the next 20 days starting today," he said.
Zulkifli Said emphasized that this detention step was part of the efforts of the prosecutor's office to prevent this third suspect from fleeing and obscuring evidence in the investigation process.
"This detention also refers to the violation of the criminal article that we apply, Article 603 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 604 of the Criminal Code, in accordance with the new Criminal Code in Law Number 1 of 2023 with a threat of punishment of more than five years," he said.
He explained that the detention of SZ was initially scheduled with the first two suspects. However, SZ often prevented from attending the call of the investigators on the grounds of being ill.
"If you count up to this day, we have called approximately four times since the arrest of the first two suspects," he said.
Therefore, Zulkifli Said emphasized that investigators had asked the doctor to check SZ's health condition before proceeding to the detention process.
"So, we detained this after a health examination and the doctor said that the person concerned was healthy," he said.
The first two suspects who underwent similar detention at the West Lombok Class II A Prison were Subhan, Head of the Central Lombok BPN. In this case, Subhan acted as the head of land procurement when he was the head of the Sumbawa BPN.
The second suspect is Muhammad Julkarnaen who is a subordinate of the third suspect, Saipullah Zulkarnain. Muhammad Julkarnaen is part of the land appraisal team.
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