The Corruption Case Of Praya Hospital, NTB, Loses Rp. 1.7 Billion To The State

PRAYA - The District Attorney (Kejari) of Central Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) stated, based on the results of the examination and audit of state losses in the alleged corruption case of the Praya Regional Public Service Agency (BLUD) funds reaching Rp1.7 billion.

"The large temporary state losses were obtained from a mark-up of Rp. 900 million, a discount of Rp. 850 million and alleged bribes of Rp. 10 million to Rp. 15 million," said Head of the Central Lombok District Attorney's Office, Fadil Regan Wahid, as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, August 24.

He said the state losses found at this time were far greater than the previous state losses during the investigation of Rp750 million. So that his party is currently continuing to deepen the case by re-examining some of the witnesses involved.

"Today, we will check again with the Director of the Praya Hospital, the Treasurer and the PPK at the Praya Hospital," said Fadil.

For the suspect in this case, there has been a description, but his party has not been able to provide further explanation as to who the suspect is involved in the alleged corruption in the Praya Hospital budget.

The number of witnesses who have been examined in this case is quite large, namely around 40 people, both from the Praya Hospital and officials in the Central Lombok Regency Government.

"We are waiting for the results of the investigation first. What is clear is that there have been state losses based on the results of the audit," said Fadil.

Previously, the Head of the Special Criminal Section of the Central Lombok Kejari, Bratha Hary Putra, said that the results of the inspectorate's audit would determine the investigator's steps in determining the suspect in the alleged corruption case of funds from the Regional Public Service Agency at Praya Hospital.

"So, the description of the potential suspects already exists, but for sure we are waiting for the results of the expert audit," he said.

Regarding the results of the prosecutor's independent count which found indications of potential state losses of at least Rp. 750 million, Bratha admitted that the evidence had not been able to strengthen investigators in determining the suspect.

"That's why we use auditors, the results from us (independent calculations), are not strong enough," continued Bratha Hary.

However, he ensured that his party got a picture of the potential suspects based on the results of the last coordination with the experts.

The role of the suspect in this case is still related to the initial suspicion, namely illegal levies in budget management from 2017-2020.

"We are waiting for the audit results from the Inspectorate," he said.