Adrian Herling Waworuntu Reluctant To Sign The Oath Of Investigation When Examined About Maria Pauline Lumowa

Head of Public Relations Division of the National Police, Kombes Pol Ahmad Ramadhan. (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Investigators have begun to develop the Bank BNI burglary case that ensnared Maria Pauline Lumowa by examining another suspect with the initials Adrian Herling Waworuntu (AHW). During the investigation process, Adrian was reluctant to sign an oath of investigation report (BAP). The Head of General Information at the Public Relations Division of the National Police, Kombes Ahmad Ramadhan, said the reason Adrian did not want to sign the file was because he wanted to be present in person at the trial. In addition, Adrian also wants to fight against the law. "Witness AHW does not want to be sworn in because he wants to be present in the MPL trial to fight back," said Ahmad at Police Headquarters, Friday, July 24. However, Ahmad did not explain whether Adrian's wish was granted or not.

In this examination, Bareskrim investigators asked dozens of questions related to the Rp.1.7 trillion burglary case. The examination took place at Pondok Rajeg, Cibinong, West Java on Thursday, July 23.

"During the interrogation, investigators have asked 30 questions," said Ahmad. Meanwhile, on Friday, July 24, investigators will examine Maria Lumowa. This examination will examine Adrian's statement. "Today's examination is related to yesterday's examination, where several questions were addressed to AHW witnesses related to the provision of credit facilities, credit applications, to disbursement, then the fictitious L / C was used," said Ahmad. Pauline Lumowa is a fugitive from the Indonesian government. This is because he is a suspect in the cash burglary case of the Bank BNI Kebayoran Baru branch with a fictitious Letter of Credit (L / C) mode. In the period October 2002 to July 2003, BNI suffered losses of 136 million US dollars and 56 million euros or equivalent to Rp 1, 7 trillion based on the current exchange rate. This amount of money was a loan from PT Gramarindo Group owned by Maria Pauline Lumowa and Adrian Waworuntu. Bank BNI began to feel suspicion. Because, the borrowing process which should be quite difficult because of the large nominal it runs very easily. It is suspected that PT Gramarindo Group was assisted by unscrupulous employees of Bank BNI because the loan application still agreed with L / C guarantees from Dubai Bank Kenya Ltd., Rosbank Switzerland, Middle East Bank Kenya Ltd., and The Wall Street Banking Corp. Moreover, several banks the guarantor is not the correspondence bank of Bank BNI. This suspicion grew stronger in June 2003. BNI investigated the financial transactions of PT Gramarindo Group. As a result, the company never made exports or was not in accordance with what was reported during the loan process. Until finally, BNI reported the alleged fictitious L / C to the National Police Headquarters. However, Maria Pauline Lumowa left Indonesia by going to Singapore in September 2003 or a month before being named a suspect. From the results of the investigation, it was found that the woman had often been in the Netherlands in 2009 and often went back and forth to Singapore. In fact, it is known that Maria has been a Dutch citizen since 1979. So, the Indonesian government tried to apply for extradition to the Dutch government twice, to be precise in 2010 and 2014. However, the Dutch government rejected the request. Instead, it provides an option for Maria Pauline Lumowa to be tried in the Netherlands. Until finally, the woman was arrested on July 16, 2019, according to an Interpol red notice published in 2004.