Prosecutor's Office Denies Extortion Of TPP Corruption Suspects In West Papua Manpower And Transmigration Office

Assistant For Special Crimes At The West Papua Prosecutor's Office Abun Hasbullah Syambas/ANTARA

MANOKWARI - The West Papua High Prosecutor's Office has denied allegations of spreading suspects in the alleged corruption of additional employee income funds (TPP) at the West Papua Manpower and Transmigration Office.

The suspect is the former Head of West Papua Manpower and Transmigration Office, Frederik DJ Saidui, who is currently languishing in the Class II B Penitentiary Manokwari for 20 days starting March 1, 2024.

"I have said that the accusation is a lie, not true," said Assistant for Special Crimes at the West Papua Prosecutor's Office Abun Hasbullah Syambas as reported by ANTARA, Monday, March 19.

He explained that his wife and the suspect's attorney went to the West Papua Attorney General's Office Intelligence to submit evidence of money transfers on behalf of the prosecutor's office.

West Papua Prosecutor's Intelligence then traced the account number and number of the person's WhatsApp who submitted a request for money to the suspect.

"We have checked and the position of the person who asked the suspect on behalf of me and Pak Kajati is located in Bogor," explained Abun Syambas.

He said that many irresponsible people often take advantage of the disclosure of corruption cases to extort the suspect by using the name of the prosecutor.

The public, especially the suspect's family, is expected to immediately provide a report, if there is a request for a sum of money on behalf of an official from the prosecutor's office

"We repeatedly emphasize that do not easily believe that there is such a motive. Immediately report it to us," said Abun.

According to him, before determining the suspect, the investigator first examined the witnesses and confiscated a number of documents as additional evidence.

Previously, Yan Christian Warinussy as Frederik Saidui's attorney asked the Head of the West Papua High Prosecutor's Office, Harli Siregar, to immediately conduct an internal examination of the alleged extortion crime.

His party also explored all evidence of transferring a request for money from an individual on behalf of the Special Criminal Assistant for the West Papua Prosecutor's Office.

"The money that our client sent was because there was an appointment that the ongoing case could be stopped through the issuance of SP3," said Warinussy.