Worried For Self-Defense, 2 Suspects Alleged Corruption Services Hygiene At The Colonel Abunjani Hospital, Merangin, Were Detained

The Merangin Kejari has detained two suspects in the alleged corruption case in the cleaning service of Colonel Abunjani Merangin Hospital, Jambi. (Antara)

JAMBI - Merangin District Attorney's investigators detained BS and PY, two suspects in the alleged corruption case in the cleaning activities of the Merangin District General Hospital (RSUD) Colonel Abunjani, Jambi Regency.

Head of the Information and Legal Section of the Jambi Prosecutor's Office, Lexy Fatharani, said the state suffered billions of rupiah during the five fiscal years of 2017-2021 from the case.

BS and PY have now been handed over along with evidence from investigators to the public prosecutor in the alleged corruption case.

"The reason for the detention is that in accordance with Article 21 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code, it is feared that the suspect will run away, damage, or eliminate evidence or repeat a crime," said Lexy in Jambi, Thursday, September 8.

The two suspects in the alleged corruption case of the cleaning service at the Colonel Abunjani Hospital Merangin were detained after a long examination. The detention was based on the instructions of the Head of the Merangin Kejari, Rr Theresia Tri Windorini, to the Head of Special Crimes Arliansya.

Furthermore, phase II was delegated, namely the submission of the suspect and evidence from the investigator to the public prosecutor.

The suspects BS and PY have been officially detained for 20 days and have been entrusted to the Merangin Police Rutan.

"Against the suspect BS and the suspect PY, we will immediately hand it over to the Corruption Court at the Jambi District Court for trial," said Lexy.

For their actions, suspects BS and PY are suspected of Article 21 paragraph (4) letter (a) with a penalty of five years in prison.

Both are also suspected of violating the prime of Article 2 paragraph (1) subsidiary to Article 3 of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law of the Republic of Indonesia no. 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999, as amended by Law of the Republic of Indonesia no. 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law of the Republic of Indonesia No. 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 Paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code.

In this article, the maximum penalty is life imprisonment or imprisonment for a minimum of four years and a maximum of 20 years and a fine of at least Rp. 200 million and a maximum of one billion rupiah and to facilitate the examination/prosecution process at trial.