KPK Names Bintan Regent Suspect For Corruption Excise BP Bintan

KPK/Antara

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named the Regent of Bintan Apri Sujadi as a suspect in the alleged corruption in the regulation of excisable goods in the Bintan Free Trade Zone and Free Port Concession Agency (KPBPB Bintan) in 2016-2018.

In addition, the KPK has also named the Acting Head of the Bintan KPBPB Concession Agency Moh Saleh H Umar as a suspect. This decision was made after the anti-corruption commission raised this case from investigation to investigation since last February.

"After collecting information and data and finding sufficient preliminary evidence, the KPK carried out an investigation and raised the status of this case to an investigative level last February by naming a suspect," said KPK Deputy Chair Alexander Marwata in a press conference broadcast online on the KPK RI YouTube account. , Thursday, August 12.

After being named as suspects, the two were then detained in different KPK detention centers for the next 20 days until August 31. Apri was detained at the Red and White Building branch of the KPK Rutan while his subordinate Moh Saleh was detained at the KPK Rutan Kavling C1 ACLC Building.

In this case, Apri allegedly received Rp 6.3 billion in money in 2017-2018 while Moh Saleh Umar received Rp 800 million. As a result, the actions of the suspects are alleged to have harmed the state's finances of up to Rp250 billion.

For their actions, both of them are suspected of violating Article 2 paragraph (1) or Article 3 of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1 of the Criminal Code.

The case began when Apri was inaugurated as the Regent of Bintan, who ex-officio served as Deputy Chairman I of the Bintan Region Council. After being sworn in, he then ordered his staff to collect cigarette distributors at a hotel in Batam City in June 2016.

At this meeting, the KPK then suspected that Apri had received money from a number of cigarette distributors who were present.

After receiving the money, Apri took the initiative to replace BP Bintan personnel and ordered Nurdin Basirun, who served as Chairman of the Bintan Region Council, to appoint new personnel by placing Azirwan as Head of BP Bintan and Moh Saleh Umar as Deputy Head of BP Bintan.

After that, Azrwan resigned as Head of BP Bintan so that his duties were replaced by Saleh as executor in August 2016. At that time, there was a determination of a cigarette quota of 290,760,000 and a quota of alcoholic beverages with details of Class A as much as 228,107.40 liters; Group B as many as 35,152.10 liters; and Group C as much as 17,861.20 liters.

After the determination was made, in May 2017 Apri ordered his staff to re-collect and direct cigarette distributors before issuing the 2017 Cigarette Quota Decree (SK).

Next, BP Bintan again issued a quota of 305,876,000 cigarettes or 18,500 cartons and a quota of liquor. From this quota, the KPK then suspected that Apri would receive 15 thousand cartons and Moh Saleh would receive 2,000 cartons, while the rest was given to other parties, namely 1,500 cartons.

In the following year, the issuance of this quota was again increased but the determination was carried out independently without considering the need properly. Their actions violated a number of rules, namely the Minister of Finance Regulation Number 47/PMK.04/2012 which was updated with the Minister of Finance Regulation Number 120/PMK.04/2017 and the Minister of Finance Regulation Number 47/PMK.04/2012 which was updated with the Minister of Finance Regulation. Number 120/PMK.04/2017.