PBNU's Deputy Secretary General Asks Law Enforcers To Don't Hesitate To Investigate ACT's Fund Flow

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JAKARTA - Deputy Secretary General of Executive Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU), Rahmat Hidayat Pulungan, asked law enforcement not to hesitate to thoroughly investigate allegations of misappropriation of donated funds from the charity Aksi Cepat Tanggap (ACT) flowing to certain organizations.

"Law enforcers should also not hesitate to investigate more deeply where these funds are flowing, lest apart from enriching themselves, public funds are used or channeled to strengthen radical groups and terrorism", Rahmat told reporters, Saturday, July 30.

According to him, law enforcement, in this case, the Police, must also disclose the results of the investigation regarding the flow of ACT funds to the public and convey it to the public.

Equally important, the Police must also explain the methods used by ACT officials. Thus, the public is fully informed.

Then, Rahmat also highlighted the alleged cut in donations of up to IDR 450 billion for operations. This means that each month the institution spends IDR 2.5 billion on operations.

"No wonder, because the findings of the Criminal Investigation Police revealed that the salaries of the four high-ranking officials ranged from IDR 50-450 million per month. Very fantastic", he said.

Furthermore, Rahmat also assessed that the Criminal Investigation Unit had acted quickly. Where, in that case, four suspects have been named and detained.

"So they can not move freely", said Rahmat.

For information, ACT misappropriated donations from Boeing for victims of the Lion Air JT-610 plane crash worth IDR 34 billion.

Originally, Boeing provided aid funds for victims of the Lion Air JT-610 plane crash for around IDR 138 billion. However, only IDR 103 billion was used.

In this case, Ahyudin and Ibn Khajar have been named as suspects. They are former presidents of ACT.

Then, investigators also named two other ACT officials as suspects. They had the initials H and NIA as members of the ACT advisors.

In this case, the suspects are suspected of Article 372 and 374 of the Criminal Code, Article 45a Paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 28 Paragraph 1 of the ITE Law.

Then Article 70 Paragraphs 1 and 2 in conjunction with Article 5 of Law No. 28 of 2004 concerning foundations. As well as Articles 3, 4 and 5 concerning ML and Article 55 Jo 56 of the Criminal Code with the threat of 20 years in prison.