Prosecutor's Office Arrests Bank Papua Corruption Suspect, South Sorong

The West Papua High Prosecutor's Office arrested and detained the former Head of the Service Department of PT Bank Pembangunan Daerah Papua or Bank Papua South Sorong Branch Office with the initials JT on suspicion of corruption that cost the state finances around Rp. 12 billion.

Assistant for Special Crimes at the West Papua High Prosecutor's Office Abun Hasbullah Syambas in Sorong, Friday, said that suspect JT was officially detained to undergo further legal processes according to the Suspect Determination Letter Number TAP-02/R.2/Fd.1/09/2022 dated September 09 2022.
 
According to Abun, JT was named a suspect on suspicion of misappropriating Bank Papua funds for housing loan (KPR) purposes.
 
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"The budget has been disbursed 100 percent, but the house construction project so far does not appear to be a fictitious project," he said.

In order to speed up the investigation process, suspect JT is detained for the next 20 days at the Sorong Class II-B Correctional Institution based on the Sprinhan Kajati West Papua Number Print-02/R.2/Fd.1/09/2022, from 09 to 28 September 2022 .
 
JT's actions violated Article 2 Paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 18 of the Anti-Corruption Law in conjunction with Article 55 Paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code and Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of the Anti-Corruption Law in conjunction with Article 55 Paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code.

"We have carried out a health check on the person concerned as well as a COVID-19 examination and the person concerned is negative or does not have COVID, so he is officially detained," Abun explained.

In this case, added Abun, the prosecutor's office has examined as many as 20 witnesses and the investigation is still ongoing. It is possible that a new suspect will be named by the prosecutor's office.

SOURCE: https://fajarpapua.com/2022/09/10/kejaksaan-tangkap-tersangka-korupsi-bank-papua-sorong-selatan/