Determines Relatives Of Ex-Secretary To Be Suspects Of Corruption And Money Laundering, Bali Prosecutor's Office: Temporarily Not Detained

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JAKARTA - Bali High Court investigators have named a relative of the former Buleleng Secretary with the initials DRG as a suspect for alleged corruption and money laundering. (Kasi Penkum) Bali Prosecutor's Office A Luga Harlianto was quoted by Antara, Sunday April 10. He said the determination of DRG as a suspect was a development of the corruption and money laundering offenses case of the defendant Dewa Ketut Puspaka which on Friday, April 8, 2022 entered the stage of reading the demands by the Public Prosecutor. The investigation into DGR has been carried out since January 2022 based on the Investigation Order of the Head of the Bali High Prosecutor's Office. For the time being, said Luga, the suspect DRG was not detained.

"Detention is the authority of investigators regulated in Article 21 of the Criminal Procedure Code. Of course it is regulated in the subjective and objective conditions of detention. If later they meet these requirements, investigators will carry out detention," he said. the defendant Dewa Ketut Puspaka, for abusing his power as the Regional Secretary of Buleleng Regency with the intention of unlawfully benefiting himself by forcing someone to give something, pay or receive a discounted payment, or to do something for himself. This is related to the permit process for the construction of the terminal. receiving and distributing LNG and leasing the land of the Yeh Sanih Traditional Village as regulated in Article 12 letter e of Law no. 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law no. 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law no. 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 of the Criminal Code or Article 56 of the Criminal Code.

In addition, investigators found the actions of the suspect DGR who allegedly received or controlled the placement, delivery via transfer, payment, grant, donation, safekeeping, exchange, or using assets that he knew or reasonably suspected was the result of a criminal act of corruption as regulated in Article 5 paragraph (1) ) UU no. 8 of 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering in conjunction with Article 55 of the Criminal Code or Article 56 of the Criminal Code. and found the involvement of DGR," said Luga. The findings of evidence that support the allegation that DGR received either directly or through transfers to accounts belonging to DGR related to licensing arrangements for the construction of LNG receiving and distribution terminals, and the leasing of land for the Yeh Sanih Traditional Village amounting to approximately Rp. billion rupiah of which around Rp4.7 billion was enjoyed by DGR. He said that based on the findings of the evidence, DGR was named a suspect. Until now, investigators have asked for information from 14 witnesses, most of whom are witnesses in the case file of the defendant Dewa Ketut Puspaka. Furthermore, the DGR suspect will be scheduled by the investigator k Bali Prosecutor's Office for questioning as a suspect.