Former Head Of Disperindag Dompu Admits That The Results Of The Examination Of The Procurement Of Metrology Equipment Even Though It Is Not Complete

Sri Suzana, a defendant in the alleged corruption case in the procurement of equipment at the Disperindag Dompu, underwent the first trial at the Mataram District Court, NTB, Friday, September 1. (ANTARA-Dhimas B.P.)

The defendant Sri Suzana admitted that as the power user of the budget, she authorized the results of the inspection of goods from the procurement of metrology tools and other infrastructure, although it was known that it was incomplete. Sri in the program acts as Head of the Dompu Disperindag.

"I finally took a policy to participate in signing the results of the examination by giving considerations," he said, who was present as a witness to the crown in the follow-up trial of the defendants Iskandar and Yanrik at the Corruption Court at the Mataram District Court, Wednesday, September 27, was confiscated by Antara.

Suzana admitted that there were three considerations that became the basis for her to ratify the results of the inspection of goods from the work inspection committee team.

"First, this shortfall (type of goods) is beyond the control of partners," he said.

Second, he explained, there was a statement from the ministry that some items were not sent because they had not been calibrated. "When I found out there was a shortage, I confirmed it directly to the ministry, they said goods could not be delivered, because they had not been calibrated," he said.

The third consideration is related to the deadline for disbursing the budget on December 15, 2018. If it is not disbursed, he said, the project will be declared charred.

"Yanrik (project implementer) at that time promised that in a week less goods would be sent. That was what convinced us so that this (examination) of goods was approved first," he said.

In the promise, Yanrik brought in the remaining incomplete items in August 2019. He also admitted that there was no form of written statement from the defendant Yanrik to fulfill the promise.

"If you look at the documents, he deviated from the agreement, the two items that were lacking were sent on August 22, 2019," he said.

In this case there are three defendants. Apart from Sri Suzana as the former Head of the Dompu Disperindag, another defendant Yanrik who played the role of project implementer, and Iskandar as the head of the trade sector.

The public prosecutor in the indictment revealed that there was an evil conspiracy between Suzana and her subordinate, Iskandar, who first received the mandate from Muhammad, Head of the Dompu Disperindag before Suzana as the technical implementing officer of the activity.

The conspiracy relates to Suzana's duties and responsibilities as a budget user from the implementation of the 2018 project using the special allocation fund of the Indonesian Ministry of Trade amounting to Rp1.5 billion.

Suzana was revealed to have asked Iskandar as PPTK to prepare a procurement plan document in the form of technical specifications, self-estimated prices, and a reference framework.

Iskandar, who is also a defendant in this case, was revealed to have compiled the completeness document not in accordance with the provisions, one of which was in determining the value of HPS without surveys and direct communication to goods distributors.

With this issue, the public prosecutor stated in the indictment that the results of the project work did not match the procurement specifications until the results of the inspectorate audit showed up with a loss value of Rp398 million out of a total budget of Rp1.5 billion.