Allegations Of Operational Fund Corruption, Lhokseumawe Prosecutor's Office, And The Room Of The Managing Director Of Arun Hospital

The head of the Lhokseumawe District Attorney's Office, Mukhlis SH (right) and the prosecutor's team of investigators, brought a number of confiscated documents after conducting a search at Arun Lhokseumawe Hospital, Aceh/ANTARA

ACEH - The Lhokseumawe District Attorney's (Kejari) team of investigators, Aceh Province, searched and sealed the room of the President Director of PT Arun Lhokseumawe Hospital. Head of the Lhokseumawe District Attorney's Office, Mukhlis, said the search was related to the investigation into alleged irregularities in operational funds at the hospital. "In addition to searching, the investigative team sealed the room of the President Director of Arun Lhokseumawe Hospital with the initials H. Search related to the investigation of alleged irregularities in hospital operational funds from 2016 to 2022," said Mukhlis in Lhokseumawe, Antara, Tuesday, January 24. He said the Lhokseumawe Kejari investigation team confiscated four bundles of financial documents during the search. The document is related to hospital operational funds. The investigation into the alleged corruption of the hospital's operational funds has entered the investigation stage. However, investigators have not named a suspect. According to Mukhlis, the determination of the suspect will be carried out after the investigative team conducts case exposure. Before exposure, the investigative team will collect evidence and ask witnesses and experts for testimony. "We are also working with the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center to trace financial transactions at Arun Lhokseumawe Hospital, including financial transactions outside the hospital," he said. Regarding the state losses in the corruption case, said Mukhlis, his party is still coordinating with the Indonesian Financial Audit Agency (BPK) for an audit. "The state losses incurred in this case are estimated at billions of rupiah. Later, we will convey the progress of handling cases of alleged criminal acts of hospital operational funds," he said.