Jakarta –
The Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) has named a suspect in a corruption case involving irregularities in the use of financial facilities by several banks PT Waskita Karya (Persero) Tbk and PT Waskita Beton Precast, Tbk. One suspect was identified as PT Operations Director II Waskita Karya (lost) Tbk with initials BR.
“One of the suspects is BR as director of operations II of PT Waskita Karya (lost) Tbk for the period 2018 to present,” said the head of the Investigative and Legal Center at the Attorney General’s Office, Ketut Sumedana, in his statement. statement, Monday (5/12/2022).
In addition, the BR suspect was detained at the Salemba Detention Center at the Attorney General’s Office for 20 days from December 5, 2022 to December 24, 2022. The prosecutor said that the BR suspect’s role was to commit a act against the law.
“The role of the BR suspect is to illegally accept the disbursement of Supply Chain Finance (SCF) funds with false supporting documents,” he said.
Meanwhile, to cover its actions, SCF’s disbursement proceeds were apparently used to pay off supplier debts that later turned out to be fictitious, resulting in losses to state finances.
For his actions, suspect BR is alleged to have violated Article 2 paragraph (1) and Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law No. 31 of 1999 of the Republic of Indonesia modified and integrated by the law n. Law n. 31 of 1999 concerning the amendments to the law of the Republic of Indonesia n. 31 of 1999 relating to the elimination of corruption in conjunction with article 55 paragraph (1) 1° of the penal code.
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