Prosecutor's Office: Expert's Statement Strengthens Corruption Case In Bank DKI

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JAKARTA - The Central Jakarta District Attorney's Office (Kejari Jakpus) stated that expert testimony at the trial of corruption in the provision of cash apartment ownership loans (KPA) in stages by Bank DKI strengthened the charges against the suspects.

"Based on the testimony of the Public Prosecutor, the expert testimony before the trial has supported the proof of the charges against the defendants," said Head of Intelligence Section for the Central Jakarta Prosecutor's Office, Bani Immanuel Ginting, in a statement quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, July 14.

The expert witness was presented by the prosecutor's office in the trial of corruption against the defendants Roby Irwanto, M Taufik and Joko Pranoto on Wednesday (13/7) at the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court related to allegations of corruption in the provision of KPA cash in stages by Bank DKI Muara Angke Sub-Branch and Bank DKI Permata Hijau Branch to PT Broadbiz 2011 to 2017.

In the trial of the case that resulted in state financial losses of Rp39,151,059,341, the prosecutor presented two expert witnesses, namely an expert from the Financial Audit Agency (BPK) Ainul Yaqin, and an expert on state finance from Patria Artha Siswo Sujanto University.

In addition, in the trial, the testimony of three crown witnesses, namely Robby Irwanto, M Taufik and Joko Pranoto, was also made into the testimony of the defendant by the panel of judges, as well as the testimony of witness A de Charge as many as one person presented by the defendant.

After presenting their testimony as crown witnesses, defendants M Taufik and Joko Pranoto presented witness A de Charge on behalf of Indra Susanto, who is an employee of Bank DKI.

"The trial was completed safely and smoothly without any significant problems. The trial is scheduled to continue on Friday 15 July 2022 with the agenda of examining witness A de Charge which will be presented by the defendant Robby Irwanto," he said.

Apartment credit

Previously, the defendants, namely M Taufik as the head of the Muara Angke branch of Bank DKI and Joko Pranoto as the head of the Permata Hijau branch of Bank DKI and Robby Irwanto as the President Director of PT Broadbiz were arrested on November 16, 2021.

They were arrested on suspicion of irregularities in the process of granting credit for apartment ownership in cash in stages. The three are suspected of falsifying debtor data for the period 2011 to 2017.

According to the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) calculation, the corruption case cost the state finances Rp. 39.1 billion.

The three defendants were charged with Article Primary Article 2 paragraph (1) Subsidiary Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law no. 31 of 1999, concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption, which has been amended and added by Law no. 20 of 2001, concerning Amendments to Law no. 31 of 1999, concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption.