OJK Releases Employees Suspected Of Obtaining Rp7.45 Billion In Bribes From Bank Bukopin

Deputy Commissioner for Public Relations and Logistics OJK Anto Prabowo. (Photo: OJK)

JAKARTA - The Financial Services Authority (OJK) spoke up on the determination of a suspect in one of its employees who was suspected of abusing authority over credit facilities at PT Bank Bukopin Tbk, Surabaya branch.

Deputy Commissioner for Public Relations and Logistics of the OJK, Anto Prabowo, said that his party upholds the presumption of innocence. OJK will also support and respect the law enforcement process for these employees.

"OJK has carried out a series of internal investigative processes involving work units in the field of law, organization and human resources and internal control / anti-fraud. OJK then decided to release the person concerned for alleged violations of employee discipline and discipline," said Anto in his written statement on Wednesday. 22 July.

OJK always reminds all employees to carry out their duties by upholding the values of governance and maintaining integrity.

For information, the DKI Jakarta Attorney General's Office arrested an OJK employee with the initials DIW on the suspicion of obtaining a bribe in the form of a credit facility worth Rp7.45 billion from Bank Bukopin. This facility was obtained as a compensation for DIW not including five debtor samples in the Bank Bukopin Audit Confirmation Matrix Surabaya Branch Office, East Java on 31 December 2018.

"Investigators will detain the suspect for the next 20 days and will be placed at the Salemba Detention Center at the Attorney General's Office," said Head of the Jakarta Prosecutor's Office, Asri Agung Putra in a written statement, Tuesday, July 21.

Before being arrested, the prosecutor's investigators had named DIW as a suspect around 2019. DIW was then Executive Supervisor - Specialist Supervision Group 1 at the Bank Supervision Department 1 Deputy Commissioner for Banking Supervision III OJK.

The detention of the OJK official is based on the Investigation Order of the Head of the DKI Jakarta High Prosecutor's Office Number: PRIN-3 /M.1/Fd.1/06/2020 dated 11 June 2020 and Number: Print-1971 / M.1 / Fd.1 / 07 / 2020 dated 21 July 2020 on behalf of DIW.

"The person concerned did not report it to the head of the central OJK so that with this step he received a reward or was given a bribe by Bank Bukopin, in this case the provision of credit worth Rp7.45 billion," said Asri.