The Kendari City Police (Polresta) has uncovered a case of embezzlement of funds with the suspect Chairman of the Regional Leadership Council (DPD), one of the political parties of political parties in Kendari with the initials AAA.
Kendari Police Chief Kombes Pol Muhammad Eka Fathurrahman explained that AAA used its position to launch the practice of embezzlement of funds.
With the position he holds, the suspect can withdraw funds from mining company PT Kabaena Kromit Pratama (KKP) but is used for his personal interests.
"That the company's funds PT KKP, in the account of PT KKP, the President Director was AAA. At that time he had the authority to issue funds, so the funds in PT KKP were issued for personal gain," he said in Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi (Sultra), Friday, May 19, confiscated by Antara.
Eka said that the funds from PT KKP were sent to the personal account of AAA's wife and elsewhere for personal gain.
"To the account concerned, and someone entered his wife's account, and there was also another place," he said.
He said the total amount of funds from the PT KKP company embezzled by AAA was IDR 34 billion. "Approximately IDR 34 billion," he explained. Kendari Police Criminal Investigation Unit added that it is possible that the number of suspects from this case will increase. The police continue to investigate this matter.
"If the person concerned later explains that there are indications of other recipients, we will hold another title to determine new suspects," he said.
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Meanwhile, AAA was named a suspect in this case on Monday, May 8 after a case was filed and sufficient evidence.
In addition to determining the suspect, Fitrayadi admitted that his party had also sent a letter of first summons to AAA on Saturday, May 13. However, the person concerned was unable to attend the call because he was carrying out another agenda outside the Southeast Sulawesi area.
"Today is the schedule for the suspect's examination of AAA, but the person concerned through his colleague said that there were activities in Jakarta that could not be abandoned, so we scheduled the examination on another day, hopefully on Monday or Tuesday we can carry out (AAA examination)," he said.
He said that if AAA was again absent in the summons for examination, his party would issue a warrant to pick up and bring AAA to be examined as a suspect in the Kendari Police.
"He issued an order to bring him to be presented at the police station for examination as a suspect," he said.
Fitrayadi said that against the suspect, AAA was subject to Article 374 of the Criminal Code concerning Embezzlement in Position with a maximum penalty of 5 years in prison.
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