Bengkulu Prosecutor's Office Rejects Application For Suspension Of Detention Of 3 KUR Corruption Suspects

Head of Investigation Unit of the Bengkulu Attorney General's Office, Danang Prasetyo. BETWEEN/Anggi Mayasari

BENGKULU - The Bengkulu High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) rejected the request for a suspension of detention submitted by three suspects in the alleged corruption case of the people's business credit budget (KUR) in one of the Islamic banks in the region. The three suspects are RR, AD and EF who are former employees of Islamic banking. "The request for a suspension of detention has not been granted, because there are many technical considerations," said Head of Investigation of the Bengkulu Attorney General's Office, Danang Prasetyo, in Bengkulu City, as reported by Antara, Monday, August 21. By not granting the suspension of detention, the three of them continued to serve a period of detention until the case file stage was transferred to the Bengkulu District Court (PN). Previously, the Bengkulu High Prosecutor's Special Criminal Investigation Team (Pidsus) again named two people, namely A and E, as suspects in the alleged corruption case of bad credit funds. The case occurred in one of the Islamic banking banks from 2021 to 2022 with a total fund of IDR 1.5 billion, the determination of the suspect was carried out after both of them underwent examination as witnesses. "Both of them have been examined as witnesses and named as suspects since an hour ago, related to the corruption case of KUR funds in Bengkulu Islamic banking and the total number of suspects who have been detained is three people," said Danang. For the smooth process of investigation, the two suspects were detained for the next 20 days at the Malabero detention center in Bengkulu City. In addition, the Special Prosecutor's Office of Special Investigation Team has also named a banking employee in Bengkulu, namely RR as a suspect in the alleged corruption case of KUR funds in bad credit in 2021 to 2022.

Then, the Bengkulu Prosecutor's Office Pidsus team confiscated a box of documents after coordinating with one of the Islamic banks in the area regarding the corruption case. The confiscation of the document was carried out because there were indications of corruption related to the misuse of people's business credit funds (KUR) from 2021 to 2022.