Corruption IDR 2 Billion and a Fugitive for 5 Years, Saptoni from East Kalimantan Finally Arrested in South Kalimantan

The suspect Saptoni (center) was taken to the Banjarmasin Kejari shortly after being arrested by the Intelligence Team of the Attorney General's Office. (ANTARA)

BANJARMASIN - After being on the run for five years, since 2017, a corruptor from East Kalimantan Saptoni has finally been caught while on the run in Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan.

Saptoni is a suspect in corruption in the Sungai Tikah concrete bridge project in Mahakam Ulu Regency, East Kalimantan with a total loss of IDR 2 billion.

He was arrested by the Attorney General's Intelligence Team together with the South Kalimantan High Court after putting the suspect on the wanted list ((DPO).

"The suspect was arrested at a house in the Guntung Manggis Sub-District, Banjarbaru City, on Wednesday, January 25 evening", said Head of Law Enforcement at the South Kalimantan Prosecutor's Office, Roy Arland, reported by ANTARA, Thursday, June 26.

When the suspect was temporarily detained at the Banjarmasin District Prosecutor's Office penitentiary while waiting for the arrival of the Investigative Prosecutor Team from the West Kutai District Attorney's Office, East Kalimantan, which was handling his case.

Roy explained that the suspect had been a fugitive since 2017 after he disappeared when he was about to be questioned in the case that ensnared him.

The suspect was caught in a corruption case in the construction of the Sungai Tikah Concrete Bridge with a length of 14 meters and a width of eight meters at the Mahakam Ulu District Public Works Service for the 2015 fiscal year.

The total construction budget is IDR 4,997,089,200 with state losses caused by corrupt practices amounting to IDR 2 billion.

Roy emphasized that anyone who becomes a fugitive from the Attorney General's Office will continue to be pursued and sought until he is caught.

The Attorney General's Office has a team to catch fugitives specifically assigned to look for DPOs throughout the country to strengthen search efforts for fugitives from the center to the State Attorney's Office level.