Surabaya Prosecutor's Office Arrests Fugitives in Rp4.75 Billion Fictitious Credit Case

The Fugitive Arrest Team (Tabur) of the Surabaya District Prosecutor’s Office has successfully captured two convicts in a fictitious working capital credit corruption case at Bank Jatim worth Rp4.75 billion, who had been on the Wanted Persons List (DPO) since 2022. Head of the Surabaya District Prosecutor’s Office Intelligence Section, Putu Arya Wibisana, stated that the two convicts, Liauw Inggarwati and Bastian Widjaja, were secured on Tuesday night (2/6) after the team conducted a series of intensive monitoring and pursuit operations for about three weeks. ‘Both convicts, who have been on the DPO since 2022, were successfully secured by the Surabaya Prosecutor’s Office Fugitive Arrest Team on Tuesday night in the Lakarsantri area, Surabaya,’ said Putu in Surabaya on Thursday night (4/6). According to Putu, tracking the two fugitives was not straightforward as they frequently relocated to avoid law enforcement officials. The Tabur team, he continued, faced obstacles in detecting their whereabouts because they moved hiding places several times between the Magetan and Surabaya regions. ‘The team experienced difficulties because the two convicts often changed locations and tried to disguise their identities to avoid detection,’ he said. Nevertheless, the continuous deepening of information eventually led to their hideout location in Surabaya, enabling the arrest. In the Bank Jatim fictitious working capital credit corruption case, Liauw Inggarwati was sentenced to eight years in prison, a fine of Rp500 million, and the obligation to pay restitution for state losses of Rp3.08 billion. Meanwhile, Bastian Widjaja was sentenced to 12 years in prison and a fine of Rp500 million. ‘Both convicts have been transferred to the Class I Surabaya Penitentiary in Porong to serve their sentences according to the court’s decision,’ Putu said. Two other convicts, Wonggo Prayitno, former Head of the Medium and Corporate Credit Division at Bank Jatim, and Arya Lelana, former Head of the Medium and Corporate Credit Sub-Division, had previously served their four-year prison terms. Putu emphasised that arresting fugitives with legally binding sentences is part of the Indonesian Attorney General’s Office’s priority programme to provide legal certainty and ensure court decisions are enforced.