New Facts On The ACT Case: Manage People's Funds Rp2 Trillion, 'Potek' Rp450 Billion

JAKARTA - The National Police discovered new facts behind the alleged misappropriation of donation funds carried out by Aksi Cepat Tanggap (ACT). The charitable foundation apparently also manages people's funds worth Rp2 trillion which is misused in its distribution.

"The fact that this foundation manages people's funds is approximately Rp. 2 trillion," said Karo Penmas of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Brigadier General Ahmad Ramadhan to reporters, Friday, July 29.

The nominal Rp2 trillion is the accumulation of donations collected from 2005 to 2020.

The form of fraud committed by ACT is to cut donations by 25 percent. This means that the charitable foundation used Rp450 billion not according to its designation.

"From this Rp 2 trillion, Rp 450 billion has been deducted, or about 25 percent of the total collected," said Ramadhan.

Confirmed separately, the Head of Sub-Directorate IV of the Directorate of Special Economic Crimes at the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police, Kombes Andri Sudarmaji, said that the source of the Rp2 trillion money was still being investigated.

Including regarding the possibility of the money being collected by ACT from donations or assistance when natural disasters and certain incidents occur.

"From the community and others, we are still exploring it," said Andri.

For information, ACT misappropriated donations from Boeing for victims of the Lion Air JT-610 plane crash worth Rp34 billion.

Originally, Boeing provided aid funds for victims of the Lion Air JT-610 plane crash of around Rp138 billion. However, only Rp. 103 billion was used.

In this case, Ahyudin and Ibn Khajar have been named as suspects. They are former and President of ACT.

Investigators also named two other ACT officials as suspects. They had the initials H and NIA as members of the ACT advisors.

In this case, the suspects are suspected of Article 372 and 374 of the Criminal Code, Article 45a Paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 28 Paragraph 1 of the ITE Law.

They were also charged with Article 70 Paragraph 1 and 2 in conjunction with Article 5 of Law No. 28 of 2004 concerning foundations as well as Articles 3,4 and 5 concerning ML and Article 55 Jo 56 of the Criminal Code with a threat of 20 years in prison.