Delegated By The Prosecutor's Office, The Case Of A Member Of The NTB Police Is Suspected Of Being The Mastermind Behind The Investigation

Former treasurer of the Ditsamapta Polda NTB I Made Sudarmaya (right) at the trial of the Batukliang branch BPR corruption case Thursday, September 8, 2022. (ANTARA-Dhimas B.P.)

West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Regional Police investigated its member I Made Sudarmaya alias IMS suspected of masterminding a corruption case aka fictitious Bank Percreditan Rakyat (BPR) Batungliang Branch, Central Lombok.

The Head of Public Relations of the NTB Police, Kombes Pol Arman Asmara Syafruddin, emphasized that the NTB Police would start this investigation from the investigation stage.

Although he admitted, the files from the Special Criminal Investigators of the Central Lombok District Attorney's Office (Kejari) transferred to the NTB Regional Police regarding the IMS have been recorded at the investigation stage.

"This investigation is still ongoing," said Arman in Mataram, NTB, Monday, May 22, as reported by Antara.

In the case that caused state losses of Rp. 2.38 billion, the Central Lombok Kejari has named two suspects and has undergone trial.

The two defendants were Jauhari, the former Account Officer of BPR Batungliang Branch who was responsible for financial bookkeeping, and Agus Fanahesa as the Head of Marketing for BPR Batukliang Branch.

The legal process between the two is currently underway at the cassation level of the Supreme Court (MA). From the decision of the first instance court, Jauhari and Agus Fanahesa were sentenced to 2 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 200 million, subsidiary to 3 months in prison.

The judge in the decision decided not to charge compensation for state losses to both of them, but to the IMS. With this determination, the judge also asked the prosecutor's office to immediately increase the status of handling the IMS investigation to the prosecution stage.

However, from the first instance court decision, the prosecutor's office filed an appeal on the grounds that the two of them also enjoyed state losses of Rp. 1 million each in accordance with the demands.

From the trial process at the appeal level of the NTB High Court, the judge upheld the first-degree court's decision by not charging state compensation money to Jauhari and Agus Fanahesa.

The appeal judge also stated that he agreed with the consideration of the first-degree court judge that the person in charge of returning the replacement money was the IMS who enjoyed the entire loss to the country on its own.

With this decision, the prosecutor's office again submitted legal action to the Supreme Court.

The prosecutors in Agus Fanahesa and Jauhari's indictment explained that the fictitious credit case at the Central Lombok BPR Batukliang Branch emerged from arrears of payments.

The arrears were revealed due to profiteering for 199 members of the National Police, namely the Ditsamapta Polda NTB.

The prosecutor also explained in the indictment that IMS while occupying the position of Financial Affairs Administration Officer of the Directorate of Sabhara Polda NTB was the mastermind behind the fictitious credit case of BPR Batungliang Branch.

The IMS, who is currently serving at the Bima City Police, is said to be in the indictment as a party enjoying a loan of IDR 2.38 billion. The loan value was recorded in the 2014-2017 credit application period.