Updated Police Cases Allegedly Masterminding The BPR Batukliang NTB Faktif Credit Corruption Case

Illustration of suspected corruption cases. (doc. KPK)

The police case with the initials IMS is suspected of masterminding a fictitious credit corruption case worth Rp. 2.38 billion at the Batukliang Branch of Bank Credit (BPR), West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), continues to be investigated.

Head of the Special Crimes Section of the Central Lombok District Attorney's Office (Kejari), Bratha Hariputra, said he would coordinate regarding the handling of legal devices in NTB next week.

"Rencana pada hari Senin (12 Desember), kami dari penyidik mau koordinasi untuk perkara IMS ini ke Kejati NTB dan ke Polda NTB," kata Bratha, ketika dihubungi, Jumat 9 Desember, disitat dari Antara.

Bratha Hariputra ensured that the coordination with the NTB Prosecutor's Office and the NTB Police was not aimed at holding a case for determining the suspect.

"Not yet (the case for determining the suspect). It's just coordination," he said.

He explained that this coordination was a follow-up to the results of the case title at the Central Lombok Kejari which had determined that the handling of the IMS case had entered the investigation stage.

This has also been stated by the prosecutor's office in the charges belonging to two defendants from the NTB BPR employee Batukliang Branch, namely Agus Fanahesa and Johari who were involved in this case.

In the prosecution, the prosecutor stated that the involvement of the two defendants in this fictitious credit corruption case was revealed due to arrears in payments.

The arrears arose due to profiteering of the names of 199 members of the NTB Regional Police Ditsamapta with a loan value of IDR 2.38 billion. The nominal was recorded in the 2014-2017 period of credit application.

The prosecutor also explained that the arrears arose as a result of the IMS who took advantage of the cooperation between the NTB Police and the NTB BPR Batukliang Branch. At that time, the IMS held the position of Officer of the Financial Affairs Administration of the Sabhara Directorate of the NTB Police.

The IMS, which is now known to be on duty at the Bima City Police, is said to be the party who enjoys a loan of Rp. 2.38 billion.

Therefore, in the description of Agus Fanahesa and Johari's demands, the prosecutor also asked the panel of judges to decide that all evidence be returned to the Central Lombok Kejari for use in the IMS investigation.

The public prosecutor in the prosecution also charged IMS as a witness in the Agus Fanahesa and Johari cases to pay compensation for state losses of Rp. 2.38 billion.

For Johari who acted as an officer account at the NTB BPR Batukliang Branch and Agus Fanahesa who served as Head of Marketing for BPR Batukliang Branch, the prosecutor has determined the demand that the judge impose a sentence of 2.5 years in prison with a fine of Rp. 200 million, subsidiary of 3 months in prison to the two defendants.

The prosecutors also charged the two defendants to pay compensation for state losses in the amount of Rp. 2 million each for Agus Fanahesa and Rp. 1 million for Johari with a subsidiary of 1 month in prison each.

The prosecutor stated that the actions of the two defendants who were BPR employees were proven to have violated the subsidiary charges, Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 paragraph (1) letter b of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law no. 20 of 2001 jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code.