The Prosecutor's Office Protects The Detention Location Of Corruption Suspects At Perusda West Sumbawa Who Admit That They Will Open Up

The Prosecutor's Office has detained suspect EK in the alleged corruption case in the management of government capital investment funds to the Regional Public Company (Perusda) of West Sumbawa Regency. In this case, EK is from a third party element.

"Yes, after the suspect underwent examination, at around 18.30 WITA, we immediately detained the person concerned," said Head of the Special Crimes Section of the West Sumbawa District Attorney's Office (Kejari) Lalu Irwan Suyadi by telephone, Wednesday, August 30, confiscated by Antara.

Regarding the location of detention, Irwan chose not to disclose it to the public. He reasoned to maintain the security and safety of suspect EK.

"What is clear is that we detained the person concerned in a place that we think is the safest," he said.

Following up on the detention, Irwan said that his party was still scheduling additional examinations of EK suspects who had previously been absent from investigations.

Furthermore, Irwan said that the case file for suspect EK has not yet entered the prosecutor's research stage. "So, there are still a series of examinations that we have to do to strengthen the evidence of this case," he added.

The attorney for suspect EK, Lalu Anton Hariawan, added that his client would cooperate in supporting the investigation into the alleged corruption case which was estimated to cost the state Rp2.1 billion.

"Essentially, our client in this case remains cooperative and supports the legal process from the prosecutor's office," said Anton.

Previously, Anton said his client had proof of the flow of funds in the form of bank transfer documents in this case. The suspect EK, Injut he, will be open.

He added that bank transfer documents from suspect EK have an important role in this case.

"So, I will present all the evidence that I hold in court later," said Anton.

The suspect EK in this case is the director of a private company that acts as a partner of Perusda West Sumbawa.

EK was named a suspect along with SA following the discovery of indications of corruption in the management of capital investment funds with state losses estimated at Rp2.1 billion. SA is the Director of Perusda West Sumbawa.