Investigate Corruption For KUR Funds, As Many As 400 Farmers In East And Central Lombok Were Examined By The Prosecutor

Head of the NTB Prosecutor's Office Sungarpin. ANTARA

MATARAM - As many as 400 of 789 farmers in East Lombok and Central Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, were examined by a special criminal investigator related to a case of alleged corruption in the distribution of people's business credit funds (KUR) from a conventional bank.

The Head of the NTB Prosecutor's Office, Sungarpin, said that his party examined the farmers who were registered as recipients of the KUR funds together with the audit team from the NTB Representative Finance and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP).

"So, so far, only 400 farmers have been examined by our team with BPKP", said Sungarpin in Mataram, Antara, Monday, September 5.

The examination took place at the Sekaroh Village Office, Jerowaru District, East Lombok Regency. Examination with BPKP to simultaneously explore potential state losses.

With the progress of such developments, he ensured that this examination was still ongoing. Sungarpin said that this examination cannot be done randomly, but must be recorded in its entirety.

"Because, there are some who receive some, some are fictitious, some are received in the form of agricultural tools, but not according to their function. That's why everything must be checked", he said.

In this case, there is the role of PT. SMA is the first to collaborate with PT. BNI in distributing KUR funds to farming communities in Lombok with 789 recipients. The cooperation is stated in the agreement letter Number: Mta/01/PKS/001/2020.

However, after the signing of the cooperation, PT. SMA in September 2020, subcontracted the task of distributing the KUR funds to the CV company. ABB.

The legality of CV. ABB carries out the distribution, according to the Subcontract as stated in the letter of appointment Number: 004/ADM.KUR-SMA/IX/2020.

The existence of a CV. The ABB in this distribution was also revealed because there was a recommendation from the Indonesian Farmers Harmony Association (HKTI) NTB which is now under the leadership of the Deputy Regent of East Lombok, Rumaksi.

Furthermore, investigators, in this case, have officially named two suspects with the initials AM and IR. For AM, it was revealed that it came from one of the former high-ranking officials in a banking position distributing KUR funds, PT. BNI. While IR, from the HKTI NTB.

In a series of investigations, the prosecutor has examined the relevant parties, including the management of the Indonesian Farmers Association (HKTI) NTB, including the Deputy Regent of East Lombok Rumaksi, as chairman.

Apart from the HKTI, the witnesses who had appeared before the investigators were from PT. BNI facilitates the process of distributing aid in the form of funds.

Another witness from CV. ABB is a company that assists recipients from among farmer groups in managing aid funds.