South Sumatra Police Chief Apologizes For The Noise Of IDR 2 Trillion Stupid Assistance From Akidi Tio

South Sumatra Police Chief Inspector General Eko Indra Heri/ANTARA

PALEMBANG - South Sumatra Police Chief, Inspector General Eko Indra Heri, apologized to the public regarding the IDR 2 trillion grant from the late Akidi Tio whose whereabouts were not clear.

"I apologize to all Indonesian people, especially the Chief of Police, the leadership at the National Police Headquarters, members of the National Police, the people of South Sumatra, religious and traditional leaders including the South Sumatra Forkompinda, the Governor, the Military Commander, and the Danrem", said the South Sumatra Police Chief, quoted by Antara, Thursday, August 5.

He admitted that the fault lay with him personally for not being careful in ensuring the projected donation for the COVID-19 response to South Sumatra which was mandated to him until it finally caused a commotion.

"The commotion that occurred can be said as my weakness as an individual. I was a human being ask for forgiveness. This happened due to my carelessness", he said.

The commotion about the grant funds began when he was contacted by the Head of the South Sumatra Provincial Health Office, Lesty Nurainy, and the family doctor of the late Akidi Tio, Hardi Darmawan at his official residence, Friday, July 23, to discuss the donation.

"At that time, I as the regional police chief was only entrusted with distributing this assistance. The money was asked to be monitored for transparency", he said.

However, because they put their trust in the humanitarian initiative, they did not go deep into the certainty, because they were convinced that the money was only processed for disbursement.

Until now, the whereabouts of the money is still unclear and it is complicated for both parties.

The Police Chief explained that he did not know the late Akidi Tio's daughter, Heryanti, but only knew her father and his eldest son, Johan.

"I only knew Akidi Tio when I was in Palembang and Johan when I was on duty in East Aceh, while Heryanti I didn't know him at all", he said.