The Attorney General's Office Arrests Suspect For Corruption At Bank Syariah Mandiri Sidoarjo

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JAKARTA - Investigators from the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes at the Attorney General's Office have arrested one suspect in the alleged corruption case at PT Bank Syariah Mandiri (BSM) Sidoarjo Branch, East Java.

"The suspect with the initials ERO was arrested while leaving a hotel in Solo, Central Java, allegedly trying to escape from officers," said the head of the Attorney General's Office for Legal Information (Kapuspenkum) Leonard Eben Ezer Simanjuntak, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, June 8.

ERO is one of three suspects in the alleged corruption case in the provision of financing facilities for PT. Bank Syariah Mandiri (BSM) Sidoarjo Branch Office to the debtor of PT. Hasta Mulya Putra in Solo, Central Java.

The suspect ERO is the President Director of PT Hasta Mulya Putra as the recipient of a financing facility from PT BSM Sidoarjo Branch for the construction of housing and shop houses in Madiun.

Leonard said that ERO was absent from the prosecutor's summons for questioning on Monday, June 7 for two other suspects with the initials PZR and FAR.

"The suspect ERO did not appear in the examination without a clear reason and explanation," said Leonard.

Therefore, the investigating prosecutor carried out monitoring in several locations including the suspect's house which was located in two locations, namely at Jalan Mayjend Sungkono No. 163 RT 014/RW 005, Nambangan Lor Village, Mangunharjo Subdistrict, Madiun and Jalan Tarumanegara Utama No.65 Banyuanyar Village, Banjarsari District, Solo.

On Tuesday, June 8 at 04.00 WIB, the Investigating Prosecutor Team visited the suspect's house or residence, but the suspect ERO was not at his residence located at Jalan Tarumanegara Utama No. 65 Banyuanyar Village, Banjarsari District, Solo.

Furthermore, at 05.00 WIB, the Investigating Prosecutor's Team conducted monitoring around the city of Solo because it was suspected that the suspect was trying to escape and while monitoring around Jalan Slamet Riyadi, the Investigating Prosecutor's Team found the suspect's car at the Aston Solo Hotel.

"Therefore, the Investigating Prosecutor Team stood guard around the location until the Investigating Prosecutor Team arrested the suspect ERO when he was about to leave the hotel (check out) at 06.00 WIB," said Leonard.

Subsequently, the suspect ERO was brought to the Surakarta District Attorney's Office for a medical examination and interrogated regarding the reason for his absence from the examination at the Attorney General's Office.

After the suspect ERO was declared healthy and negative for COVID-19, the suspect was then deposited at the Surakarta Resort Police (Polres) Detention Center.

"Furthermore, the Investigating Prosecutor's Team will immediately file the case to be submitted to the Public Prosecutor," Leonard said.

Previously, the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes at the Attorney General's Office (JAMPidsus Kejagung) detained two suspects in the alleged corruption case of PT Bank Syariah Mandiri (BSM) Sidoarjo Branch, East Java, to debtor PT Hasta Mulya Putra, Monday (7/6).

The two suspects, namely FAR, are ex-executors of marketing support or sales assistant for PT BSM Sidoarjo Branch for the period 2010-2014 who are also private employees at PT Mega Hidro Energi Surabaya and PZR, Head of PT BSM Branch Office Sidoarjo for the period 2007-2013 and as operational manager for PT Mega Hydro Energy Surabaya.

There is also a case of alleged corruption at PT BSM Sidoarjo Branch which has been rolling since 2013.