Involved In Grant Funds Of Rp56 Billion, Bawaslu Donggala Officials Examined By Prosecutors

Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - Investigators from the Central Sulawesi High Prosecutor's Office (Central Sulawesi) have examined one of the officials of the General Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) of Donggala Regency with the initials J regarding the alleged corruption of grant funds worth Rp56 billion in 2020. "The examination was carried out on Friday (23/6) about 3.5 hours from 09.00 to 11.30 WITA," said Head of Central Sulawesi Attorney General's Office Mohammad Ronald, quoting Antara, Sunday, June 25. He stated that the official being questioned by the prosecutor was the Secretary of the Bawaslu Donggala Secretariat regarding grant funds sourced from the Central Sulawesi Provincial Government regarding the implementation of governor and deputy governor elections in 2020 through Bawaslu at the provincial level. In addition to examining Bawaslu Donggala's secretary, the prosecutor has also examined 36 witnesses on the alleged corruption of grant funds. "There has been no result of calculating state losses by the Central Sulawesi Regency and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP) representative related to this case," he said.Kejati, he said, on Wednesday, June 22, also ransacked the office of Bawaslu Morowali based on the investigation warrant Number: PRINT-01/P.2/Fd.1/02/2023, related to the grant funds for the implementation of the governor election and deputy governor.

During the search, several documents were confiscated by the prosecutor, the aim was to collect evidence related to the case. "The investigative team still needs to conduct further investigation and examine witnesses," explained Ronald. In addition, searches were also carried out in several work units (satkers), including the Central Sulawesi Bawaslu office, Donggala Regency Bawaslu, Parigi Matong and Bawaslu Banggai Islands. "It is possible that there are other officials being questioned or questioned for the development of the case," said Ronald.