Allegedly Involved In Palm Oil Theft, Members Of The Jambi Tanjabbar DPRD Detained For 20 Days

Unscrupulous members of the West Tanjung Jabung Regency DPRD before the Jambi Regional Police investigators were detained (Photo: ANTARA/HO)

JAMBI - The Investigation Team of Sub-Directorate III of the Directorate of General Criminal Investigation (Ditreskrimum) of the Jambi Police has detained an individual member of the DPRD of West Tanjungjabung Regency (Tanjabbar) with the initials BA.

BA has also served as the Chair of the Pelang Jaya Multipurpose Cooperative (KSUPJ). The Director of Criminal Investigation of the Jambi Regional Police, Kombes Kaswandi Irwan, reported by Antara, Monday, June 28, that BA was arrested for allegedly being involved in the theft of palm fruit belonging to the Makin Group company in Tungkal Ulu, Tanjabbar Regency, Jambi.

After undergoing examination as a suspect, BA was then detained by investigators from the Jambi Police Ditreskrimum. Now the person concerned is languishing in the Jambi Regional Police Headquarters detention cell for the next 20 days in the stage of filing a case against him.

According to him, during the investigation, BA was always cooperative and never absent from the summons of the Jambi Police Ditreskrimum investigator.

Previously, investigators from Sub-Directorate III of the Jambi Police Ditreskrimum had arrested three cooperative managers (KSUPJ) who were reported to have stolen oil palm fruit belonging to PT Produk Sawit Indo or a subsidiary of the Makin Group.

The Pelang Jaya Multipurpose Cooperative Group (KSUPJ), chaired by BA, has found sufficient evidence in the investigation of the theft of palm fruit belonging to the Makin Group company located in Afdeling VI Kebun Taman Raja, Tungkal Ulu District, West Tanjungjabung Regency, Jambi Province.

Jambi Police investigators have also examined several witnesses and have also checked the crime scene (TKP). His party has also examined expert witnesses, so that they have at least two pieces of evidence that have been met.

The three suspects, namely A who is the Deputy Chair of the Pelang Jaya Multipurpose Cooperative (KSUPJ), S is the secretary of the cooperative, and M is the treasurer of the cooperative, where the loss calculated by the company is estimated to be around Rp. 200 million more than their actions. For the actions of the suspects, they are subject to Article 363 of the Criminal Code with a maximum penalty of seven years in prison.