DIY Prosecutor's Office Detains Suspect In BPR Bank Jogja Credit Corruption Case

YOGYAKARTA - The Yogyakarta Special Region High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati DIY) has detained the General Manager (GM) of the Yogyakarta Hotel Burza with the initials HS as a suspect in the case of irregularities in lending at Perumda BPR Bank Jogja which cost the state finances more than IDR 1.5 billion.

Assistant for Special Crimes (Aspidsus) of the DIY Prosecutor's Office Muhammad Anshar Wahyuddin said his party detained HS after his status as a witness rose to suspect on October 5, 2023.

"The suspect HS has been detained for 20 days starting today, October 5, 2023, at the Yogyakarta Class II A Prison," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, October 5.

The alleged irregularity case is related to credit facilitation disbursed by Perumda BPR Bank Jogja to employees of the Yogyakarta Hotel Exchange from 2018 to 2019.

In submitting the credit application, said Anshar, HS as GM was suspected of borrowing the names of private employees of the Yogyakarta Hotel Burza.

In the completeness document of credit requirements made, according to him, it is known that the contents do not match the truth.

"There is data manipulation carried out by the suspect HS," he said.

After the credit application money was disbursed, continued Anshar, the money was not received and was not used by people whose names were borrowed, but the money was received, enjoyed, and used by the suspect HS.

According to Anshar, there were five employees whose names were borrowed so that the total credit disbursed by Bank Jogja reached around Rp. 1.5 billion.

The money for the credit facility, he said, was used by the suspect HS for personal needs and partly for business.

"There were several (employees) who were initially given, but finally handed back to the suspect," he said.

The latest results from the examination, continued Anshar, resulted in bad credit at the state-owned bank at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.

"HS's actions resulted in state losses of approximately Rp. 1,577,383,546.28," he said.

Suspect HS was charged with Article 2 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law no. 20 of 2001. Subsidiary Article 3 jo. Article 18 of Law no. 31/1999 as amended by Law no. 20/2001.