We have composed to the secretary of the West Sumatra Provincial Legal Council to get the files and are waiting (for the files).
Padang, W Sumatra – West Sumatra Provincial Authorities is examining two companies in connection with a fraud involving spending plan funds allocated for the handling of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
The two business have actually been accused of providing hand sanitizers to the West Sumatra Provincial Disaster Mitigation Board (BPBD) at unjust costs, chief of the general public relations section of the West Sumatra Provincial Authorities, Senior Citizen Commissioner Satake Bayu, notified here on Wednesday.
” We continue to collect proof and information to disclose the case,” he stated.
Authorities have so far interrogated seven people in connection with the case, including member of the West Sumatra Provincial Legislative Assembly (DPRD), Nofrizon, chief of the rehab section of BPBD in West Sumatra, Suryadi, and the treasurer of BPBD in West Sumatra.
The Directorate of Unique Criminal Investigation has actually summoned three agents of the 2 companies for questioning, he said.
Investigators have looked for a number of files from the BPBD in relation to the purchase of medical products utilizing COVID-19 budget funds, he included.
Meanwhile, chief of the Corruption Criminal Offense Subdirectorate of the West Sumatra Provincial Police, Commissioner Agung B, stated his company has gathered a number of documents from the BPBD and is waiting for a report on the State Audit Board’s findings on the utilization of the COVID-19 budget plan.
” We have actually written to the secretary of the West Sumatra Provincial Legislative Council to get the documents and are waiting (for the documents),” he notified.
” We have actually likewise involved external parties and carried out a case restoration at each stage of the procedure,” he stated.
In reaction to a report of BPBD returning budget funds, he stated the police will seek evidence of the funds returned.
” If they have actually returned it, we will request the evidence of the returned funds and will conduct an evaluation, which will include a criminal activity expert and a corruption crime specialist,” he added.
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