There Are No Suspects In The Alleged Corruption Of The Ministry Of Trade, The Criminal Investigation Unit Of The Police Is Still Busy Analysis Of Financial Transactions

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JAKARTA - The Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police has not yet named a suspect in the alleged corruption case in the procurement of carts at the Ministry of Trade (Kemendag) for the 2018-2019 period. Until now, investigators are still busy tracing and analyzing financial transactions. "The investigation process is still ongoing by analyzing financial transactions and asset recovery," said Karo Penmas of the Public Relations Division of the National Police Brigadier General Ahmad Ramadhan to reporters, Friday, July 8. In the process, investigators also added witness examination. At least six people were questioned. With the addition of these six, the total number of witnesses examined reached 46 people. This one-star general added that it is possible that the number of witnesses will increase considering that the investigation of cases is still ongoing. "Currently, there are six more witnesses who have been examined, bringing the number of witnesses to 46 witnesses who have been questioned," said Ramadhan. The Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police has not yet named a suspect in the alleged corruption case in the procurement of carts at the Ministry of Trade. The reason is that until now they are still collecting evidence. The collection of this evidence was carried out so that when the potential suspect could not deny or argued against what he had done. Moreover, evidence is also needed to determine the flow of crime from the alleged corruption in the procurement of the carts. "Not yet (determined the suspect, ed). Friends are still working to strengthen evidence," said Director of Corruption Crimes at the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency Brigadier General Cahyono Wibowo.