Cirebon City Government Hands Over BPR Case Legal Proceedings to District Prosecutor's Office

Cirebon (ANTARA) - The Cirebon City Government in West Java has fully handed over the legal proceedings for the alleged credit irregularities at the Perumda BPR Bank Cirebon to the local District Prosecutor’s Office (Kejari). Cirebon Mayor Effendi Edo stated in Cirebon on Sunday that the process of determining suspects and conducting investigations falls under the authority of law enforcement agencies, so the local government will not interfere. He emphasised that the case has been ongoing since before he took office, and thus handling has been left to the relevant authorities. “The determination of suspects is a process handled by the Kejari. So, I am not interfering because it has been running for a long time,” he said. In addition, he mentioned that the local government has taken steps by handing over the management of the BPR to the Indonesia Deposit Insurance Corporation (LPS) in mid-2025. “In mid-2025, we handed it over to LPS. If the bank cannot be saved, at least the customers can be protected,” he said. He explained that all assets and authorities related to the BPR are now under LPS, including the management process and settlement of obligations to customers. Meanwhile, the Cirebon City District Prosecutor’s Office is continuing its investigation into the case of alleged irregularities in credit disbursements at the Perumda BPR Bank Cirebon. Head of the Intelligence Section of the Cirebon City District Prosecutor’s Office, Roy Andhika Stevanus Sembiring, stated that so far, investigators have designated three individuals as suspects: DG, AS, and ZM, in the case. “Based on the results of the examination by the Financial Audit Board (BPK), the state losses due to this case amount to Rp17.35 billion,” he said. The irregularities were recorded to have occurred from 2017 to 2024, related to the granting of consumer and working capital loans to 17 employees of the Perumda BPR Bank Cirebon. The three suspects are currently detained for 20 days at the Class I Cirebon Detention House and are charged under corruption criminal provisions, both primary and subsidiary.