BPK Targets Investigative Audit Of Jiwasraya Case Completed By The End Of This Year

Chairman of BPK Agung Firman Sampurna. (Photo: BPK)

JAKARTA - The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) announced the progress of an investigation into the alleged corruption case of PT Asuransi Jiwasraya (Persero). The purpose of this audit is to recommend systemic improvements in the country's capital market. This investigative audit is targeted to be completed by the end of the year.

Chairman of BPK Agung Firman Sampurna explained that the investigative audit conducted by BPK on the Jiwasraya case is still ongoing. In fact, the wide-scale audit scope is not only fixed on the internal of Jiwasraya.

Agung said the audit aims to reveal the construction of the case and the parties who are fully responsible, starting from the Jiwasraya institution, the Financial Services Authority (OJK), the stock exchange authority (Indonesia Stock Exchange), the Ministry of BUMN, including SOEs related to this case.

"The expected impact of this audit is a systemic improvement that further protects customers from the risk of fraud and increases investor confidence in investing in Indonesia, particularly investment in financial services and capital market instruments," he said, in a virtual press conference on Monday, Agung said. June 29.

According to Agung, the investigative audit runs together with the calculation of state losses (PKN). He explained, PKN must be completed first to support law enforcement.

Furthermore, Agung said, if the PKN in an important part cannot be completed, then the BPK will first secure its assets, then gradually enter into system improvements. Then go in for an investigative audit.

"The time is long enough and the COVID-19 situation is a challenge. We estimate that the audit will be completed at the end of the year with conditions like this. The state economic audit is not a special audit. But the evidence collected by the most firm is the level of state losses," he said.

Agung said, if law enforcers want to develop not only the state's losses but the country's economy, this is very open. But for now, the context is still calculating state losses.

"It is possible to reach the economy considering the massiveness and size of this case," he explained.

As is known, the AGO has named six suspects in the Jiwasraya scandal mega case. The six suspects, namely Benny Tjokrosaputro (Bentjok) who is the Managing Director of Hanson International, Heru Hidayat (President Commissioner of PT Trada Alam Minera Tbk / TRAM), Hary Prasetyo who is the Finance Director of Jiwasraya for the period January 2013-2018.

Then, Hendrisman Rahim, who was also the Managing Director of Jiwasraya for the 2008-2018 period, and Syahmirwan, former Head of the Jiwasraya Investment and Finance Division. Another one is the Director of PT Maxima Integra Joko Hartono Tirto.

On Friday, June 26, the Attorney General's Office added to the long list of suspects in the Jiwasraya case, namely 13 investment manager companies and one high-ranking Financial Services Authority (OJK) official.