Bareksrim Deploys Wassidik In Case Of Former Treasurer Of Citemu Village, Cirebon, Corruption Reporter Becomes A Suspect

JAKARTA - The Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police will ensure that the handling of cases of alleged corruption in Citemu village funds, Cirebon, West Java, proceeds according to procedures. Former Head of Financial Affairs (Kaur) Citemu Village, Mundu District, Cirebon Regency, Nurhayati, who previously reported allegations of corruption, is now a suspect.

"I directed Wassidik (Investigator Superintendent) to check," said the Indonesian National Police's Criminal Investigation Officer, Komjen Agus Andrianto, when confirmed, Monday, February 21.

The deployment of the Wassidik Bureau is to ensure that the handling of the case goes according to procedure. Moreover, according to him, the determination of the suspect was in accordance with the rules.

The former treasurer of Citemu Village, Nurhayati, is a reporter for the alleged misappropriation of village funds that caused state losses of Rp800 million from 2018 to 2020. However, he who was previously a reporter is now a suspect.

Cirebon City Police Chief AKBP Fahri Siregar emphasized that the determination of the suspect status to Nurhayati was in accordance with the rule of law. The police have several times completed case files for cases of corruption in village funds carried out by the Village Head Citemu Supriyadi, but the Public Prosecutor always refuses, arguing that they are incomplete.

Fahri continued that after the file was rejected, his party re-examined the case, and then referred to the treasurer of Citemu Nurhayati Village, after the person concerned was named a suspect after fulfilling the evidence.

"Sister Nurhayati was examined in depth, whether the act (with disbursing funds) was against the law or not. And from the results of the investigation that Sister Nurhayati was involved in enriching Supriadi's brother (so he was named a suspect)," he said.

Fahri admitted that his party had not found any evidence related to the flow of village funds into Nurhayati's personal pocket. However, his party confirmed that the determination of Nurhayati's suspect was in accordance with the rule of law.