Investigators from the South Sulawesi Regional Police’s Criminal Investigation Department uncovered 31 cases of criminal acts of corruption with 21 people named as suspects. South Sulawesi Regional Police Chief, Inspector General Yudhiawan, said that dozens of criminal acts of corruption were combined into three files. These include criminal acts of corruption related to physical work, banking and abuse of authority.
“There are 3 LPs (police reports) combined into one. There are 21 suspects, we are also combining these 3 LPs,” he said, in Makassar City, South Sulawesi, Tuesday (12/11).
Yudhiawan explained that in the physical work corruption case, the South Sulawesi Regional Police’s Ditreskrimsus investigated several cases, namely the construction of the 18 kilometer Sabang-Tallang road in North Luwu Regency by the PUTR Service of South Sulawesi Province in 2020. Furthermore, the construction of the Labukang Market by the Parepare City Trade Service in the 2019 fiscal year.
“The modus operandi is borrowing and using the company. PPK and PPTK do not control contracts, change specifications in the field, do not carry out work according to the contract or do not comply with work specifications and the use of managerial personnel does not comply with the contract,” he explained.
Meanwhile, the respective cases of alleged banking corruption include the granting of Bank BPD Sulselbar construction credit facilities to PT Aiwondeni Permai in 2020 and the granting of Bank BPD Sulselbar Sengkang Branch construction credit facilities to PT Delima Agung Utama in 2021.
Furthermore, the provision of construction working capital credit facilities at Bank Sulselbar Takalar Branch to PT Letebbe Putra Group in 2021-2022 and the provision of People’s Enterprise credit facilities (KUR) at Bank BRI Unit Mappasaile Pangkep Branch in 2019-2021.
Then, providing Bank BRI KUR facilities for the Takkallala Unit in Soppeng Regency in 2022-2023, abuse of authority to duplicate credit cards belonging to Bank BRI Kahu customers in Bone Regency in 2023, and providing Bank Mandiri SME Makassar Kartini credit facilities to the PT Eastern Pearl Flour Mils (EPFM) Cooperative 2018-2019.
In their actions, the suspects carried out an analysis of working capital credit that did not comply with the credit granting mechanism outside the branch’s working area and payment terms that were not debited.
“Apart from that, the credit facility is beyond its intended use and uses fictitious top-up documents and other required documentation for KUR disbursement requirements,” explained Yudhi.
Next, cases of alleged abuse of authority or position, namely levies of PPh 21 on State Civil Apparatus (ASN) recipients of payments for BPJS Health claims services at Lanto Daeng Pasewang Regional Hospital, Jeneponto Regency in 2017-2018 and procurement of goods handed over to the community in response to emergency situations. Covid-19 at the Makassar City Social Service in 2020 and management of agricultural tools and machinery at the UPTD for Agricultural Agribusiness Management in Maros Regency in 2020 2023.
In the case of Lanto Daeng Pasewang Regional Hospital, officials deducted the receipts from claims services to health workers but did not deposit PPh 21, but instead the funds were deposited in personal accounts by falsifying BPJS claim deposit slips as if they had been paid.
Then, in the Covid-19 case, it was suspected that he had inflated the prices of Covid-19 relief goods in Makassar, and for machine tools in Maros, his method was selling and renting state-owned goods and not depositing the funds into the state treasury.
“So far, case handling for stage one has included 5 police reports (LP), preparations for sending files to the prosecutor’s office 7 LP, while calculating state losses (PKN) 16 LP and fingerprinting process 5 LP,” he said.
Yudhiawan said that in this criminal case, 21 people were named as suspects with their respective initials, AA, JP, MS, OA, EJ, AR, DM, BJ, MT, ZS, AM, KH, ISB, AMS, AF, RL , ED, OO, FA, NR and NS. Meanwhile, there were 453 witnesses examined and 12 experts.
In this case, the South Sulawesi Regional Police confiscated 350 documents as evidence, such as BPKB, land certificates and other important documents. The police also confiscated 14 four-wheeled vehicles, 10 10-wheeled vehicles or dump trucks, eight Forklip trucks, one cell phone, three laptops and IDR 2.29 billion in cash.
“In this case, the rescue of state funds (money and goods) was worth more than IDR 8.7 billion, the results of calculating state losses (PKN) were more than IDR 25.4 billion, potential state losses (AI) were more than IDR 59.4 billion, so the total was IDR 84 .8 billion more,” he said.
As a result of their actions, the suspects were threatened with Article 2 paragraph 1 subsidiary Article 3 of Law number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law number 20 of 2001 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) first of the Criminal Code.
“The threat of imprisonment is a minimum of 1 year and a maximum of 20 years or life in emergency conditions, as well as a minimum fine of IDR 200 million and a maximum of IDR 1 billion,” he added. (MGN/I-2)
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What are the main categories of corruption cases uncovered by Inspector General Yudhiawan in South Sulawesi?
**Interview with Inspector General Yudhiawan, Chief of South Sulawesi Regional Police**
**Editor:** Thank you for joining us today, Inspector General Yudhiawan. Recently, your department uncovered a significant number of corruption cases involving 21 suspects and a total of Rp. 84.8 billion. Can you first provide us with an overview of these cases?
**Yudhiawan:** Thank you for having me. Yes, we have indeed uncovered 31 cases of corruption, which we have grouped into three main categories: physical work corruption, banking fraud, and abuse of authority. Each of these categories presents a clear violation of trust and responsibility, impacting both public resources and community welfare.
**Editor:** Your investigation touches on construction projects such as the Sabang-Tallang road and Labukang Market. Could you elaborate on the nature of the misconduct in these projects?
**Yudhiawan:** Absolutely. In these cases, we found that certain officials were not adequately supervising the contracts. There was a pattern of altering work specifications without proper authorization and failing to execute the projects according to the contracts. Essentially, the funds allocated for these projects were either mismanaged or misappropriated entirely.
**Editor:** You also mentioned banking corruption related to various credit facilities. What specifically did the investigation reveal about these banking practices?
**Yudhiawan:** The banking corruption cases revealed that certain individuals facilitated loans that did not comply with the established credit granting mechanisms. For instance, credit facilities were issued based on fictitious documentation, and the funds were utilized for purposes beyond their intended use. This not only violates banking regulations but also places a burden on state finances.
**Editor:** Another serious allegation involves the abuse of authority concerning government employees and public funds. Can you describe some of these incidents?
**Yudhiawan:** Yes, those cases are particularly troubling. For example, at Lanto Daeng Pasewang Regional Hospital, officials misappropriated funds meant for health workers and falsified documents to cover their tracks. Additionally, there were cases related to the procurement of goods during the Covid-19 pandemic, where prices were inflated, resulting in significant financial losses to the state.
**Editor:** What steps is the South Sulawesi Regional Police taking to ensure accountability and prevent future occurrences of such corruption?
**Yudhiawan:** We are committed to thorough investigations and holding all responsible parties accountable. We are also enhancing our oversight mechanisms to ensure that contracts and public funds are managed transparently and that there is no room for abuse of power. Education and training for officials on ethical standards are also essential to our approach.
**Editor:** Thank you, Inspector General Yudhiawan, for your insights. What final message would you like to convey to the public regarding these corruption cases?
**Yudhiawan:** I want to reassure the public that we are dedicated to eradicating corruption in South Sulawesi. Every case will be handled with the utmost seriousness, and we will continue to work tirelessly to protect public resources and uphold the integrity of our institutions.
**Editor:** Thank you again for your time, and we look forward to following the developments in these significant cases.