Regarding Extortion on Social Assistance Funds
BANYUWANGI – Special Criminal Investigator (Pidsus) The Banyuwangi District Prosecutor's Office continues to intensify examinations of witnesses in cases of illegal levies (extortion) social grants (Social Assistance) education 2014. After naming three suspects, each Ririn Puji Lestari, Ahmad Munir, and Ahma d Farid alias Mamak, Today investigators will examine a number of witnesses. Of course, those who will be examined are the school principals (cashier) recipient of social assistance funds.
At least there is 21 schools receiving educational grant assistance from the central government. Dozens of schools, including SDN Tegalharjo VIII, SDN Banjar 1, and Kepatihan Elementary School. There is also SDN Gombengsari 4, SDN Glagahagung 3, Kandangan Elementary School 5, SDN Sidowangi 2, Kemendung Elementary School 1, SDN Labanasem 2, SDN Kaligung 1, SDN Tampo 2, Rejosari Elementary School 2, and SDN Karangsari 4.
Another school is SDN IX Kalibaru Wetan, SDN 2 Tampo, SDN Tegalharjo VIII, SDN Kalibaru Wetan 4, Sweet Kalibaru Elementary School 3, Sweet Kalibaru Elementary School 7, SDN Sumberberas 5, and Banjarsari Elementary School 1 and 2. "The person who acts as a meeting minute taker during meetings at SDN 2 Tampo will also be questioned,” said this newspaper's powerful source. Meanwhile, handling cases of suspected illegal levies (extortion) school rehabilitation in the year's APBN 2014 The Education Department responded coldly (Dispendik) Banyuwangi.
Responding to the examination of a number of teachers as witnesses in the case, Dispendik considers this normal. Because, This examination is the jurisdiction of the prosecutor's office. Basically the entire legal process involving that issue, Dispendik submits it entirely to legal institutions. “The examination is a legal area. That is entirely the authority of the prosecutor's office,” said Hamami, Head of Kindergarten/Primary Education Department Banyuwangi.
On that occasion, His party wants to straighten out a number of things that have arisen regarding the issue of social assistance funds. One of them concerns the existence of schools that use parts of used buildings, like precarious, wood, and others to support school rehabilitation activities. "This is permitted as long as the existing items are still suitable and can be reused. Like at SDN Rejosari which uses used roof tiles that are still suitable for use,'' he said.
According to him, in the technical guidance that the school follows, phenomena like what happened at SDN Rejosari are permitted. Next, The school just needs to make an official report and notify the activity implementer regarding the transfer of the budget to another building. “It's also called rehabilitation, not all are built," he said. In the Budget Plan (RAB) it is allowed.
Regarding this problem, his party asked the school to comply with the rules and RAB that had been prepared. As previously reported, Schools use various ways to utilize Social Assistance funds (Social Assistance) Education 2014. As SDN does 2 Rejosari, Glagah District. The self-managed classroom rehabilitation is being carried out, The school decided to use the old coral tiles which still looked new.
From the displayed project board, SDN 2 Rejosari received social assistance grant funds of Rp. 194.865.000. Suitable for RAB, That amount of budget will be used to renovate three classrooms. By agreement with the school committee, This budget will be used to develop one additional classroom. So, There are four locales in total. Just knowing, related to the case of social assistance funds, The Banyuwangi Prosecutor's Office has detained three people.
They are Ahmad Munir, 55, who works as head of the Kalibaru Education Service UPTD on a daily basis; Ahmad Farid aka Mamak, 50, an accompanying NGO; and Ririn Puji Lestari, 48, UPTD Kalibaru staff who is also the head of SDN Kalibaru Wetan. Since Wednesday (10/9) o'clock 00.15 all three were lodged in Banyuwangi prison. They are suspected of committing criminal acts of extortion at schools receiving school rehabilitation assistance. The amount of pull varies, rate-rate 10 percent of the project value.
The project value of educational grant funds supported by APBN funds is a minimum of IDR 129 million and a maximum of Rp 300 million. In that arrest, The prosecutor's special anti-corruption team confiscated evidence worth Rp 211 million. The money is suspected to be the result of collecting extortion from schools receiving grant funds. For investigative purposes, The special prosecutor's team also searched the facilities and infrastructure of the Banyuwangi Education Department. (radar)
