East Lombok District Prosecutor's Office Raids Kotaraja Village Office

The East Lombok District Prosecutor’s Office (Kejari) in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) carried out a search of the Kotaraja Village Office in Sikur Sub-district on Monday (14 September 2026). The search was conducted in connection with alleged corruption in the management of village finances for 2024-2025.

The Acting Head of the Intelligence Section at the East Lombok District Prosecutor’s Office, Mochammad Taufiq Ismail, explained that the search was part of the investigation into the alleged corruption in the management of Kotaraja Village finances for the 2024-2025 budget years. The search lasted two hours.

“This is at the investigation stage. I cannot say much more because we have not yet reached the point of naming a suspect and so on,” said Taufiq on Tuesday (15 September 2026) evening.

Taufiq said the case originated from findings by the East Lombok Inspectorate. According to the audit, there were physical and non-physical projects by the Kotaraja Village Government worth around Rp 1.5 billion that could not be accounted for.

“This case is the result of findings by the East Lombok Inspectorate, which conducted a special audit around March or April. The findings relate to physical and non-physical work by the Kotaraja Village Government that could not be accounted for, valued at around Rp 1.5 billion,” said Taufiq.

He said that, in line with East Lombok Inspectorate procedures, the Kotaraja Village Government was given a 60-day deadline to follow up on the findings. However, as there was no follow-up, the Inspectorate referred the case to the East Lombok District Prosecutor’s Office.

“After the 60 days passed, there was no follow-up from the Kotaraja Village Government, so the Inspectorate sent us a letter,” said Taufiq.

One of the Inspectorate’s findings was the alleged misuse of village treasury land that was recorded as a source of village original income (PADes). In addition, regarding the management of data for the Complete Systematic Land Registration programme (PTSL), there were indications that money had been collected from community members applying for PTSL, but the receipts were not reported as village original income.

“The money collected from the community for land that was certified was not reported properly,” Taufiq said.

Furthermore, among several physical projects, there was work that had not been carried out but had been reported as realised.

“There were several physical projects that were not carried out but were reported as realised. Quite a substantial number of items were not executed,” Taufiq explained.

The East Lombok District Prosecutor’s Office is working with the East Lombok Inspectorate to calculate the state’s losses. The results are expected to be released in October.

“We have asked the Inspectorate to recalculate. At the beginning of October, the Inspectorate’s audit will come out,” Taufiq added.