JAKARTA - The Papuan Police have written to the National Police, Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo, regarding the arrest permit for the Regent of Mamberamo Raya, DD. He was named a suspect in the case of corruption in the COVID-19 funds for the 2020 fiscal year.
The reason is that arrests can only be made after obtaining permission from the Minister of Home Affairs. Later, the National Police Chief through the Head of the Criminal Investigation Agency will forward the arrest permit to the Minister of Home Affairs, Tito Karnavian.
"The permit (for the arrest) has been sent to the National Police Chief", said Papuan Police Chief Inspector General Mathius Fakhiri when asked for confirmation, Tuesday, June 29.
The reply letter or response from the Minister of Home Affairs will be followed up by the police. The Papuan Police are now waiting for a decision.
"Furthermore, we will wait for the Head of the Criminal Investigation Department to submit a letter to the Minister of Home Affairs. (For more details) we can confirm it with the Direskrimsus", he said.
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The Regent of Mamberamo Raya with the initials DD was named a suspect in the alleged corruption case of COVID-19 funds in the 2020 fiscal year amounting to IDR 3,153,100,000.
Determination of the suspect after investigators conducted two cases at the Criminal Investigation Unit at the National Police Headquarters, Jakarta.
Even though he is a suspect, his party has not made any arrests and detentions because they are still waiting for approval from the Minister of Home Affairs.
From the results of the examination, it was revealed that some of the COVID-19 funds were used to finance the elections. The Mamberamo Raya Regency Government allocated IDR 7,257,600,000.00 for handling COVID-19.
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