Bintan District Attorney Saves IDR 3.8 Billion Of State Money From Corruption

Bintan Chief Prosecutor I Wayan Riana/Photo: Antara

BINTAN - The Bintan District Attorney's Office managed to save Rp3.8 billion in state money from corrupt actions committed by a number of people in government institutions and the Bintan BUMD. The head of the Bintan District Attorney's Office, I Wayan Riana, said the Rp3.8 billion was sourced from refunds for health incentives. Quoting Antara, he explained that Rp 2.1 billion came from an incentive fund program for health workers at 14 puskesmas in Bintan which had been fictitious detected. The 14 health centers that returned the money included Kijang Health Center, Berakit Health Center, Kawal Health Center, Kelong Health Center, Kuala Sempang Health Center, Mantang Health Center, Numbing Health Center, Tambelan Health Center, Teluk Sasah Health Center, Toapaya Health Center, Tanjung Uban Health Center, Sebong Pereh Health Center, Public Health Center Sri Bintan, and finally the Telok Sebong Public Health Center. Previously, the Bintan District Attorney's Office raised a case of alleged fictitious health incentives at the Sei Lekop Health Center after preventive efforts failed. Meanwhile, Rp1.7 billion was sourced from the budget managed by PT Bintan Inti Sukses (BUMD Bintan), which was used to purchase land in Sei Lekop. Investigators suspect that the price of land belonging to a member of the Bintan DPRD was inflated, causing state losses. The case of the sale and purchase of land was terminated after the cancellation of the sale and purchase of land. known," said the former KPK investigator in Bintan, Thursday, March 10. Currently, he said the Bintan Kejari was still investigating the case of buying and selling land for final disposal in Tanjung Uban. In this case, a number of witnesses have been examined.

"The TPA case is still under investigation," he said. Since 2021, entrepreneurs have paid taxes that were in arrears. "The Bintan Regency Government has managed to obtain billions of rupiah. We are still hunting for a number of companies to pay the tax," he said.