North Sulawesi Prosecutor's Office Receives Files And Suspects Of The Corruption Case Of Drinking Water Grants At PDAM Duasudara Bitung

Illustration of corruption cases. (Amaranews)

SULUT - The High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) of North Sulawesi (Sulut) received files and suspects AA related to the alleged corruption case of the drinking water grant program for Low-Income Communities (MBR) in the Duasudara Bitung PDAM environment.

"Has received the handover of phase II of the corruption case of drinking water grants for MBR at PDAM Bitung," said Kasi Penkum Theodorus Ru punak in Manado, North Sulawesi, Tuesday, January 10, confiscated by Antara.

He said the position of the suspect's alleged corruption case was that

Theodorus said that after deepening the apparatus, it was stated that there had been an allegation of corruption in the drinking water grant program for MBR for the 2018 fiscal year within PDAM Duasudara Bitung, which was carried out by suspect AA as the executor of Operational Regional Manager 8 at the Prohamsam Project PT. Sucofindo (Persero).

The separate file states that in 2018 witness Raymond Richard Jotham Luntung as Director of PDAM in Bitung City participated in the drinking water grant program for MBR and received grant funds from the Ministry of PUPR.

However, in carrying out his duties, suspect AA did not refer to the Circular Letter of the Director General of Human Settlements Number: 12/SE/DC/2017 concerning guidelines for managing the Drinking Water Grant program and Sanitation regarding mechanisms, procedures and implementation procedures, namely taking data that is not in accordance with the facts in the field.

In this case, about the number of house connections (SR) that make payment of water account bills for two months after the installation of a new connection.

As a result of the suspect's actions, officers estimated state losses of Rp. 14 billion.

As threatened and regulated in Article 2 paragraph (1), and or Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended and supplemented by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code.

Furthermore, suspect AA was detained by the Public Prosecutor for 20 days starting on January 10 at the North Sulawesi Police Detention Center, to undergo further legal proceedings.

The suspect's detention order was based on a Detention Order signed by the Head of the Bitung Fauzal District Attorney's Office, SH.MH Number: Print- 13 /P.1.14 / Ft.1 / 01/2023 dated January 10, 2023 on behalf of suspect AA