Bengkulu Manpower And Transmigration Office Corruption Suspect Returns Rp416 Million State Loss

Suspect of corruption in labor empowerment funds at the Manpower and Transmigration Office (Disnakertrans) Central Begkulu Regency MH / Antara

BENGKULU - The former Head of the Manpower and Transmigration Office (Disnakertrans) of Central Bengkulu Regency, MH, a suspect in the alleged corruption case of manpower empowerment funds sourced from the 2019 budget year state budget, returned state losses of Rp416 million.

The Head of the District Attorney's Office (Kajari) Benteng Tri Widodo, represented by the Head of Intel, Septeddy Endra Wijaya, said that the suspect MH and two other suspects, namely EE, the former Head of the Division, and AA, the former Head of the Bengkulu Regency Manpower and Transmigration Office, had returned state losses.

"Based on the official report and the results of the BPKP calculation, there was a state loss in this case totaling Rp. 416 million and all three have been returned. Meanwhile, this money has been deposited with the Central Bengkulu Kejari," said Septeddy, in Bengkulu, quoted by Antara, Friday, October 29.

He added that even though the state money was returned, it did not mean that the criminal acts of the three suspects which were currently underway were abolished.

It's just, he said again. The return of state losses will be a consideration for the public prosecutor (JPU) in setting the demands.

"Currently investigators are in the process of completing the file to be transferred to the prosecutor, so that they can be examined whether there are material or formal deficiencies, if there are no deficiencies, they will be transferred to the court," he said. placement and empowerment of workers and infrastructure development with a budget of more than Rp. 1 billion.

However, based on the results of checking by asking for assistance from the technical team of the Benteng Work and Spatial Planning Service (PUPR), for labor-intensive roads it was found that there was a lack of volume and material discrepancies in the Draft Budget (RAB).

Furthermore, for empowerment in the form of independent workers, the mentoring pattern is known that training should be carried out 3 times, but the reality in the field is that it is only carried out once, so that the difference in participants' transportation fees is found.