Mantan Direktur RSUD Sumbawa Tersangka Korupsi Dana BULD Ditahan Kejaksaan

Medical officers conducted a medical test on the suspect DHB before undergoing detention, Thursday (20/7/2023). (ANTARA/HO-Kejari Sumbawa)

The Sumbawa District Attorney's Office (Kejari) investigators detained the former Director of the Sumbawa Regional General Hospital (RSUD) with the initials DHB as a suspect in the alleged corruption case in the management of funds from the Regional Public Service Agency (BLUD) for the 2022 fiscal year.

Head of the Intelligence Section of the Sumbawa District Attorney's Office, Putu Juliartana, confirmed the detention of the DHB suspect.

"Yes, today, we have detained the former Director of the Sumbawa Hospital in connection with the BLUD fund corruption case," Agung said as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, July 20.

Prosecutors' investigators detained DHB by entrusting the person concerned at the Sumbawa Prison.

Agung explained that the detention was a follow-up to the results of the case title which concluded that DHB was indicated to have accepted bribes and gratuities in the management of BLUD funds.

"So we already have confidence with the available evidence so we dare to determine the person concerned as a suspect," he said.

Agung emphasized that the determination of the suspect had gone through a series of investigations that found at least two pieces of evidence. One of them is related to state losses resulting from an independent count with a value of Rp. 1 billion.