The Prosecutor's Office Names 2 Former Bengkulu BTN Officials As Corruption Suspects

Head of the Bengkulu District Attorney Yunitha Arifin. ANTARA/Anggi Mayasari

BENGKULU - The Bengkulu District Attorney (Kejari) has named two former State Savings Bank (BTN) officials in the area, namely DA and ZU as suspects in a bad credit corruption case.

"There has been a determination of two suspects for detention that has not been carried out," said Bengkulu Kejari Head Yunitha Arifin as quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, November 18.

The determination of the suspects against the two suspects related to the alleged corruption case of credit stuck at the Yasa Griya Credit (KYG) BTN Bengkulu Branch program amounting to Rp10 billion.

Then, explained Yunitha, the detention had not been carried out because his party was still collecting other evidence and was waiting for the results of an audit from the Bengkulu Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP).

Previously, some time the DA and ZU had been questioned by the Bengkulu Kejari investigating team, besides that the two suspects were also absent several times for questioning.

"Investigating the investigation of alleged bad credit corruption, the KYG program is still being carried out and this has nothing to do with its banks, purely the actions of individuals. In addition, we also carry out investigations professionally and maintain public trust in these banks," said Yunitha.

It is known that the case began when the provision of capital assistance through KYG by BTN Bengkulu Branch to PT Rizki Pabitei in 2015-2020 with total assistance reaching Rp10 billion.

However, it is suspected that there was a KKN in providing KYG capital assistance to PT Rizki Pabitei which then used disbursement of funds to create dozens of housing units in one of the urban villages in Bengkulu with land above five hectares.

During the course of the KYG BTN credit, it was stated that the Kolektibility was five (Kol-5) or stuck and the five hectare land was allegedly sold by the developer to another party, causing state losses.

Then, to calculate state financial losses in the corruption case, the Bengkulu Kejari is waiting for the results of an audit from the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP) and for the reasonable value of land prices, it is handed over to the Indonesian Assessment Professional Community (MAPPI).