The Prosecutor's Office Explores Allegations Of Fictitious SPPD Corruption At The Lahat Library Service With An Alleged Loss Of Rp. 400 Million

Head of the Lahat District Attorney General's Office in Lahat, South Sumatra (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Lahat District Attorney's Office, South Sumatra, is investigating the alleged corruption of a fictitious official travel agreement letter (SPPD) at the Regional Library and Archives Service.

Head of the Lahat District Attorney's Office, Fithrah in Lahat, Wednesday, said that the legal construction of the case is currently in the investigation stage by examining 20 witnesses.

"Investigators found an alleged state loss of approximately Rp. 400 million in this case," he said.

According to him, the alleged corruption began when the Library and Archives Service used funds worth Rp. 1,114,820,000 for official trips from the regional revenue and expenditure budget (APBD) in 2020.

Of these funds, IDR 286,420,000 was used for travel within the region and IDR 828,400,000 for official travel outside the region based on the Library Service Budget Implementation Document (DPA).

"The disbursement of the funds is still being carried out in stages even though there is no official trip," he said.

Even based on the occurrence of an asymmetry from the APBD accountability report for the period January 1 to December 31, 2020, a different nominal was recorded from the DPA of the Library Service.

The funds used (realized) for official travel within the region are worth Rp. 252,805,750 and for official travel outside the region are Rp. 795,539,776 for a total of Rp. 1,048,345,526.

"We are still investigating this case and can continue to develop (the summons agenda)," he said.