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        "id": 1710977,
        "msgid": "two-fake-prosecutors-face-trial-for-obstructing-investigation-1777552241",
        "date": "2026-04-30 17:55:40",
        "title": "Two fake prosecutors face trial for obstructing investigation",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "Two individuals accused of posing as prosecutors, Ahmad Apuh Maulana and Rusman, are undergoing their first hearing in Makassar for obstructing justice in a corruption case involving the Housing Provision Implementing Agency (BP2P) Sulawesi III. They allegedly convinced a witness to hide assets, including bank balances and vehicles, to evade seizure by investigators, receiving payment in return, which undermined efforts to recover state financial losses. The prosecution vows to crack down on such interference in corruption probes, with the trial set to continue next week.",
        "content": "<p>Makassar (ANTARA) - Two defendants accused of posing as prosecutors,\nAhmad Apuh Maulana and Rusman, are undergoing the first hearing in the\nobstruction of justice case at the Makassar Corruption Court related to\nalleged corruption at the Housing Provision Implementing Agency (BP2P)\nSulawesi III. \u201cThe actions of the defendant Ahmad Apuh Maulana\nintentionally convinced Witness II by claiming to be an employee of the\nSouth Sulawesi High Prosecutor\u2019s Office in this case,\u201d said the Head of\nLegal Information Section of the South Sulawesi Prosecutor\u2019s Office,\nSoetarmi, delivering the prosecutor\u2019s indictment in Makassar, South\nSulawesi, on Thursday. In addition, both defendants also directed\nWitness II (corruption suspect IS), who was then under examination in\nthe corruption case of official travel, to hide his assets to avoid\nseizure by investigators. Their modus operandi involved asking the\nwitness to withdraw most of the balance from his bank account to\nconcealing two vehicles owned by Witness II to prevent seizure by\ninvestigators. In return for their services, defendants Ahmad Apuh\nMaulana and Rusman received money from Witness II. Their actions are\ndeemed to have thwarted efforts to recover state financial losses by\nhiding evidence that should have been seized by investigators.\nFurthermore, Article 20 letter a of Law No.\u00a01 of 2023 on the Criminal\nCode (KUHP) and Article II paragraph (8) of Appendix I of Law No.\u00a01 of\n2026 on Penal Adjustment. Soetarmi said the hearing will continue next\nweek with the agenda of objections filed by defendant Rusman. Meanwhile,\ndefendant Ahmad Apuh Maulana was given one week by the panel of judges\nto prepare legal counsel to accompany the examination in the trial. \u201cThe\nProsecutor\u2019s Office reaffirms its commitment to firmly prosecuting\nanyone who attempts to obstruct the legal process, especially in\ncorruption cases that harm the state,\u201d said Soetarmi. Ahmad Apuh Maulana\nalias Pung, who claimed to be a prosecutor, was arrested in a hand\narrest operation (OTT). In addition to Ahmad, another individual,\nRusman, as a part-time PPPK, was also apprehended at the South Sulawesi\nBuilding Layout, Infrastructure, and Area Agency (BPBPK Sulsel) on\nFriday (9\/1\/2025). These defendants claimed to be prosecutors and had\nthe authority to halt the corruption case handled by the Special\nCriminal Team of the South Sulawesi Prosecutor\u2019s Office, even promising\ntheir victims graduation as PPPK or CPNS in the Prosecutor\u2019s Office.\nThis practice was carried out after the defendants received information\non the release of the fictitious official travel corruption case at the\nHousing Provision Implementing Agency Sulawesi III for the 2022-2023\nperiod at the South Sulawesi Prosecutor\u2019s Office regarding the\ndetermination of IS as a suspect in May 2025.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/two-fake-prosecutors-face-trial-for-obstructing-investigation-1777552241",
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