Bengkulu Police Name 12 Corruption Suspects BTT BPBD Seluma

Dirreskrimsus Polda Bengkulu Kombes Pol I Wayan Riko Setiawan when delivering a release regarding the determination of 12 suspects in the BTT/DOK ANTARA fund corruption case.

BENGKULU - The Corruption Crime (Tipidkor) of the Directorate of Special Criminal Investigation (Ditreskrimsus) of the Bengkulu Police has named 12 people as suspects in the corruption case of the Unexpected Assistance Fund (BTT) of the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Seluma Regency. "Regarding the BTT funds managed by BPBD Seluma for the 2022 fiscal year, where we begin the investigation process, we will increase the investigation and in the end we will determine 12 people as suspects and have detained them from October 12 to October 31, 2023," said the Director of Criminal Investigation at the Bengkulu Police, Kombes I Wayan Riko Setiawan at the Bengkulu Police Headquarters, Antara, Monday, October 16. The determination of the suspect is because the physical construction work is allegedly not in accordance with the specifications and volume in the contract so that it has the potential to cause state losses. The 12 suspects are Chief Executive M, Head of Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (RR) of BPBD Seluma Regency, Director of CV DN Racing Construction DI. Then WE and NS as Deputy Director of CV DV Racing Construction, CP namely Wadir CV Cahaya Dharma Construction, AL Wadir CV Seluma Jaya Construction, EM Wadir CV Fello Putri Paiker, SP Wadir CV Defira, SG President Director of CV Permata Group, SE Wadir CV Aselia Rosa Lestari and NU as Director of CV Atha Buana Consultant. He said, the budget managed by the Seluma Regency BPBD amounted to Rp3.89 billion and based on the results of an audit from the Bengkulu Supervisory and Finance Agency (BPKP) reached Rp1.82 billion from the Regional Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBD). "The state loss based on the results of the BPKP amounted to Rp1.82 billion outside of the state losses that had been returned," he said. For his actions, said Riko, the 12 suspects were threatened with Articles 2 and 3 of the junto Corruption Act Article 55 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code with a maximum threat of 20 years in prison. The Head of Sub-Directorate for Tipidkor of the Bengkulu Police, Kompol Khoiril Akbar, continued, the state losses incurred came from eight repairs with different losses. Such as the construction of the Bronjong Jalan Bunga Mas - Sembayat Market with state losses, namely Rp228.45 million, the construction of the Bronjong of the Water Seluma Suspension Bridge, Puguk Village, which is Rp83.33 million. Construction of the road cliffs of the Regent's Office (I) amounting to Rp935.02 million, construction of a cliff layer for the Regent's Office (II) of Rp84.94 million, construction of the Padang Merbau suspension bridge of Rp166.44 million. Furthermore, the construction of the Banyu Pagar suspension bridge, which is Rp. 102.19 million, the construction of the Culvert box for the Jengalu - Riak Siabun road is Rp. 30.36 million, the construction of the district road Culvert box (Lubuk Gadis Village) is Rp. 55.28 million.

Supervision of the construction of cliff coatings at the offices of regents I and II as well as supervision of the construction of the Bunga Mas - Pasar Sembayat road, which is IDR 138.13 million.