Three defendants in BPJS Ketenagakerjaan case face sentencing hearing
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Three defendants in the alleged corruption case involving fictitious claims for the Work Accident Insurance (JKK) programme of the Social Security Administering Body (BPJS) Ketenagakerjaan for the period 2014-2024, underwent a sentencing hearing at the Corruption Court of the Central Jakarta District Court on Thursday.
The three defendants are the former HR Manager of PT Mitra Adi Perkasa and Director of PT Empat Enam Sejahtera, Renu Arinta Shani, alongside former claim verification staff at BPJS Ketenagakerjaan, Sri Listiani and Sayoko Adi Nugroho.
“The hearing for Sayoko and others is for the sentencing agenda,” said the spokesperson for the Central Jakarta District Court, Andi Saputra, to reporters.
According to the Case Tracking Information System (SIPP) of the Central Jakarta District Court, the sentencing hearing was held at 09:00 WIB in the Wirjono Projodikoro 2 courtroom, presided over by Chief Judge I Wayan Yasa.
In this case, the three are accused of causing state financial losses amounting to Rp24.55 billion, as they unlawfully received the proceeds from 391 fraudulent JKK claim submissions from 2014 to 2024, which were manipulated for personal gain. Consequently, the state losses were incurred because Renu received Rp16.34 billion from fictitious claim payouts, Sri received Rp5.94 billion, and Sayoko received Rp1.63 billion.
From 2014 to 2024, Renu allegedly prepared various manipulated JKK claim documents by borrowing identification such as National ID cards (KTP), BP Jamsostek membership cards, and employee bank passbooks.
The preparation involved instructing printing services to complete the necessary documents, including hospital receipts with inflated payment values as requested by Renu.
Regarding the JKK claim payments manipulated to enter the accounts of BP Jamsostek participants, Renu would immediately contact the participants and request them to transfer 75 per cent of the funds to an account under his name. Subsequently, from the funds entering Renu’s account, a transfer of 25 per cent of the paid JKK claims was made to Sri’s account.
Meanwhile, Sayoko is alleged to have continued processing the fictitious JKK claim submissions brought by Renu. While performing his duties in verifying JKK claims, Sayoko declared that the verification results were complete and met all requirements.
This was done by calculating the number of JKK claims in the hospital payment receipts as if they were accurate and legitimate, even though Sayoko was aware of the inaccuracies. For their actions, the three defendants face criminal penalties as regulated under Article 603 juncto Article 20 letter C jo. Article 126 paragraph (1) of the National Criminal Code, or Article 3 jo. Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes, as amended and supplemented by Law Number 20 of 2001.