Holds Case Of Alleged Corruption 4 Procurement Of Kayu Ships In Bima, NTB Police Wait For BPKP Audit

Illustration of alleged corruption cases. (doc KPK)

West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Regional Police (Polda) investigators are monitoring the process of auditing state losses in the alleged corruption case in the procurement of wooden ships in Bima Regency, which uses a budget of IDR 3.9 billion.

Head of Public Relations of the NTB Police, Kombes Pol Arman Asmara Syarifuddin, said the monitoring was part of coordination with the auditor team of the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP).

"So, now we are just waiting for the results of the audit," said Arman in Mataram, NTB, Thursday, August 24, which was confiscated by Antara.

If the audit results have been released, he said, there will be a case title to see the progress of the investigation.

He said that in the handling process there had been at least 30 witnesses who underwent examination. Including, asking for information from a number of officials from the Bima Regency Transportation Service.

"The supervisory consultant, the project implementer is also included in the series of examinations of 30 witnesses," he said.

The police are handling cases of alleged corruption in the procurement of four units of this wooden ship starting May 24, 2022 based on a letter from the Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation (Ditreskrimsus) of the NTB Police Number: Sp-Gas/12/V/2022/Dit Reskrimsus.

He emphasized that the Director of Special Criminal Investigation (Dirreskrimsus) of the NTB Police, Kombes Pol. Nasrun also paid attention to resolving this case.

The Bima Regency Transportation Service Project was carried out by CV Sarana Fiberindo Mandiri with a work contract agreement Number: 990,550/100/DISHUB/VIII/2021 dated August 5, 2021. The project implementation period runs for 132 working calendar days from December 15, 2021.

Although the work has been declared complete, the procurement of ships sourced from the special allocation fund (DAK) is included in the findings of the NTB representative Supreme Audit Agency (BPK).

Dalam temuan, BPK NTB mencatat ada sejumlah permasalahan yang berpotensi menimbulkan kerugian negara. Nominal kerugian yang muncul diduga mencapai ratusan juta.