KPK Immediately Summons Witness In CSR Fund Corruption Case After Searching BI-OJK Office

KPK spokesman Tessa Mahardhika (Photo: Doc. KPK Public Relations)

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) plans to summon witnesses to investigate allegations of corruption in the social responsibility fund (CSR) of Bank Indonesia (BI) and the Financial Services Authority (OJK). They will be questioned regarding the evidence found during the search.

"Investigators will summon related parties to be questioned as witnesses," said KPK spokesman Tessa Mahardhika to reporters quoted on Saturday, December 21.

The anti-corruption commission searched BI's office on Monday, December 16. Then, similar efforts were also carried out at the OJK office on Thursday, December 19.

From this activity, investigators found a number of evidences of alleged corruption. These include electronic goods to documents in the form of letters.

"So they will be questioned as witnesses to clarify the evidence that has been confiscated as well as other information that needs to be deepened," said Tessa.

Previously reported, the KPK is currently investigating allegations of corruption in social responsibility funds or corporate social responsibility (CSR) of Bank Indonesia (BI) to the Financial Services Authority (OJK). No suspects have been named for using a general investigation warrant (sprindik).

A VOI source said the public sprindik was published in the third week of December. No suspects have been written on it but there are two or even more people who have the potential to be charged after the search was carried out on Monday night, December 16.

Meanwhile, the Deputy for Enforcement and Execution of the KPK, Rudi Setiawan, said that the alleged corruption arose because the money that should have been enjoyed by the community actually flowed to the foundation. Thus, the state loses because the budget spent is quite large.

"So BI has CSR funds and then a few percent of it is given to those who are not proper, more or less," Rudi told reporters at the KPK's Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Tuesday, December 17.

"(It flows to, red) the foundations that we suspect are not appropriate to be given," he continued.