Dompu District Prosecutor's Office collaborates with inspectorate to investigate corruption losses in PKK budget

Mataram (ANTARA) - The Dompu District Prosecutor’s Office in West Nusa Tenggara is collaborating with the inspectorate to investigate potential state financial losses in a case of alleged corruption involving the 2022–2023 Family Empowerment and Welfare (PKK) budget.

Head of the Intelligence Section at the Dompu District Prosecutor’s Office, Danny Curia Novitawan, stated via telephone on Tuesday that this step was taken after the West Nusa Tenggara representative of the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP) indicated it could not proceed with the audit to calculate state financial losses.

“We are now awaiting the results from the inspectorate, and only then will we follow up,” he said.

Previously, the Dompu District Prosecutor’s Office had coordinated with the BPKP NTB to trace potential state losses. On that basis, the Dompu District Prosecutor’s Office then handed over all relevant documents to the Dompu Inspectorate for further review.

“We have received the documents from BPKP and have submitted them all to the inspectorate,” Danny said.

Nevertheless, the process is being conducted in accordance with procedures, including a thorough examination of the elements of unlawful acts.

In this case, Lilis Suryani, Chair of the Dompu PKK Action Team for the 2022–2023 fiscal year, has been asked for clarification along with several witnesses from PKK officials and related agencies, including the Dompu Regional Financial and Asset Management Agency (BPKAD).

The case is a follow-up to public reports suspecting deviations in the management of PKK grant funds from the Dompu Regency Government, with alleged losses amounting to around Rp2 billion.

The allegations are partly based on activity accountability reports that are suspected to be fictitious.