Former Head Of Semarang Bank Raya Monica Okta Dertien Charged With Receiving Bribes Of IDR 700 Million

The public prosecutor read out the indictment of the Bank Raya Indonesia fictitious credit corruption case at the Semarang Corruption Court, Tuesday. (ANTARA)

SEMARANG - Former head of Bank Raya Indonesia (formerly BRI Agroniaga, ed.) Semarang Branch, Central Java, Monica Okta Dertien, was charged with accepting a bribe of Rp700 million in the process of providing problematic credit to PT Citra Guna Perkasa in 2016. Public Prosecutor Mursriyono said the defendant enjoyed money allegedly from credit disbursement by the President Director of PT Citra Guna Perkasa, Agus Hartono. The criminal act of corruption that cost the state Rp4.4 billion began with the application for a working capital loan submitted by PT Citra Guna Perkasa in 2016. A loan of Rp10 billion was proposed by the President Director of PT Citra Guna Perkasa, Agus Hartono, together with Commissioner Donny Iskandar Sugiyo Utomo. In the credit application process, the prosecutor continued, Agus Hartono together with Donny Iskandar Sugiyo Utomo who was also tried in this case applied for credit with fictitious terms and documents. According to him, the alleged fictitious requirements include the buyer and supplier data, the number of workers, and guarantees in the form of land. Dalam proses pengajuan kredit, kata dia, terdakwa Monica Okta Dertien meminta tidak perlu dilakukan pemeriksaan di tempat dan verifikasi terhadap tempat usaha debitur. "The defendant said that there was no need for an inspection on the spot and verification because Agus Hartono was a son of a Sampoerna cigarette entrepreneur in Semarang," he said during a trial at the Semarang Corruption Court, Antara, Tuesday, June 13. The trial was chaired by Chief Justice AA Putu Ngr. Rajendra. The approved and disbursed credit, he continued, was ultimately not used for working capital, but for personal purposes. From the results of an audit by the Central Java Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP), it was known that Agus Hartono enjoyed disbursement of credit for personal purposes amounting to Rp3.7 billion and the defendant Monica Okta Dertien amounting to Rp700 million. The credit submitted by PT Citra Guna Perkasa was ultimately not repaid, resulting in bad credit. The prosecutor charged the defendant with Article 2 paragraph 1 or Article 3 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law no. 20 of 2001.

On the charges of the prosecutor, the defendants in the corruption case will file an exception submitted at the upcoming trial.