Officials In Bali Become Suspects Of Corruption In Traditional Ceremony Funds And IDR 1 Billion Offerings

Head of the Denpasar Attorney General's Office, Yuliana Sagala/IST

DENPASAR - An official from the Denpasar City Culture Office, Bali, with the initials IGM, was named a suspect by the Denpasar District Attorney.

IGM was named a suspect in the alleged corruption case of Special Financial Assistance (BKK) for the procurement of traditional ceremonial equipment in the form of Aci-Aci and offerings at the traditional Banjar at the village level in Denpasar, Bali.

"The IGM suspect was determined based on the suspect's letter of determination Number: 01/N.1.10/Fd.1/08/2021 dated August 5, 2021," said Head of the Denpasar District Attorney  Yuliana Sagala, Thursday, August 5.

In this case, the suspect IGM is a Budget User (PA) as well as a Commitment Making Officer (PPK) in activities whose sources of funds are from the Denpasar City Budget and the Bali Provincial Government Budget for the 2019/2020 fiscal year.

The determination of the suspect's status was carried out after the Denpasar Kejari investigator team examined hundreds of witnesses ranging from government elements to traditional interpreters, and collected data since the SPDP was issued on April 16, 2021.

Then, after reading the report on the results of the investigation and carrying out the case exposure, it was concluded that sufficient initial evidence had been found, namely at least 2 pieces of evidence as referred to in Article 184 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Procedure Code.

The corruption case allegedly occurred in 2019-2021 with the mode of diverting activities from procurement of goods and services to handing over money accompanied by deductions for partner fees.

"With the modus operandi, the suspect as PA and PPK did not implement the provisions for the procurement of government goods (or) and the effective and efficient management of state (or) regional finances", added Yuliana.

In addition, the suspect as PPK did not make a general procurement plan, broke up activities, made direct appointments, not by applicable regulations, and made fictitious procurement documents.

"That due to the suspect's actions, there is a potential state financial loss of more than IDR 1 billion", said Yuliana.

The suspect was charged with Article 2 paragraph 1 or Article 3 or Article 12 letter f of the Corruption Eradication Law.