State Attorney Detains Jembrana Bali Tourism Head Suspect Corruption Buffalo Racing Headdress

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DENPASAR - The Jembrana State Prosecutor's Office has detained the head of the Tourism and Culture Office of Jembrana Regency, Bali, INA (Indonesia Investment Authority), on suspicion of corruption in the procurement of headdresses for the Makepung buffalo race or "Rumbing".

"We have received the delegation of case files from the Jembrana Police Corruption Unit, and the suspect was detained", said Head of the Special Crimes Section of the State Prosecutor's Office, Gusti Ngurah Arya Surya Diatmika, in Negara, Jembrana Regency, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, June 23.

Diatmika said this case caused state losses of more than IDR 200 million, because of the IDR 300 million that should have been for the procurement of new rumbing, but only used for repairing the rumbing.

"From the BPKP (Financial and Development Supervisory Agency) inspection, the repair of the rumbing only cost IDR 12 million, while the budget spent was IDR 300 million. As a result of this mode, state financial losses reached more than IDR 200 million", he said.

In addition to INA, investigators also named another person with the initials IKA as a suspect and detained him. In this case, IKA acted as a liaison for the procurement of rumbing in 2018.

Diatmika said the cases of the two suspects were charged with Article 2 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes.

"We have prepared six prosecutors to handle this case. The suspect has also been carried out with rapid antigen before being deposited in the Mendoyo Police detention room", he said.

The funding for the procurement of rumbing for Makepung, which is a typical attraction of Jembrana Regency, comes from the Special Allocation Fund (DAU) for Financial Assistance for Hotel and Restaurant Taxes, Badung Regency 2018.