Before The Rp2 Trillion Disbursement Funds, Four Akidi Tio's Families Will Be Strictly Guarded By The Police

Akidi Tio's son, Heriyati, stated that he would provide assistance worth Rp. 2 trillion at a press conference at the South Sumatra Regional Police Headquarters / Antara

JAKARTA - Four family members of the late Akidi Tio (residents of Langsa, East Aceh, Aceh Province) are closely guarded by the police, until they prove the disbursement of grant funds for handling COVID-19 worth Rp2 trillion.

The four people were, a daughter named Heriyanti; his son-in-law, Rudi Sutadi; Tio's grandson and the family's personal doctor, Dr. Hardi Darmawan.

The guard was carried out after they were interrogated intensively for about nine hours on four members of the family of the late Tio, Monday, August 2 night.

"All information is maximized to fulfill legal construction, especially to ensure whether or not there are funds worth Rp. 2 trillion," Director of the General Criminal Investigation of the South Sumatra Regional Police, Commissioner Hisar Siallagan, was quoted as saying by Antara, Tuesday, August 3.

The certainty of the disbursement of the COVID-19 relief grant of IDR 2 trillion from the family of the late Akidi Tio (a resident of Langsa, East Aceh, Aceh Province) will be proven today, Tuesday, August 3. This was obtained after they examined Akidi Tio's family.

Kombes Hisar Siallagan said that guaranteeing the money was there and it would be disbursed on Tuesday through Bank Mandiri's bilyet giro.

"At first it was like that (disbursement of funds) but we'll hear about it later," he said in Palembang.

Previously, the South Sumatra Regional Police repatriated four members of Tio's family after intensive investigation by general criminal investigators at the South Sumatra Police Headquarters, Monday at 22.00 WIB.

Based on observations at the South Sumatra Police Headquarters, Monday, the four people are Heryanti, Sutadi, Tio's grandson, and Darmawan.

The four of them were escorted by members of the general criminal investigation team from the Palembang branch of Bank Mandiri at around 13.00 WIB using a black minibus.

After nine hours of questioning at around 22.00 WIB, the three people left the South Sumatra Police Headquarters using a white Mitsubishi Expander car and escorted by investigators to their home on Jalan Tugu Mulyo, Ilir Timur 1 District, Palembang.

Meanwhile, Darmawan left the South Sumatra Police Headquarters first using a black minibus, at around 20.20 WIB.

Police guarded the family closely, including alerting officers at their private home.

Meanwhile, the Governor of South Sumatra, Herman Deru, asked the police to take firm action against the person who handed over the COVID-19 relief grant funds worth IDR 2 trillion if it was proven that there were elements of lies.

The two individuals he was referring to are Heryanti and Darmawan, who are directly involved in the plan to provide funds, which are currently being investigated intensively at the South Sumatra Police Headquarters, Monday.

"After an examination by the South Sumatra Regional Police, I ask for strict action if it is proven that there is an element of lying because it has caused a commotion," he said.

The statement was not without reason because the money promised from the family of the late Akidi Tio worth Rp2 trillion had not been disbursed even though it was due a week after the symbolic handover.

"The funds should have been in their Bank Mandiri bilyet giro account, but when the police checked and found there were no such funds at all," he said.

According to him, the police must thoroughly investigate the case because this uncertainty has caused a commotion among the public.

"As a leader, I ask the police to take firm action against anyone who creates a rowdy polemic so that the atmosphere when we are dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic is disturbed," he said.