Palembang, The Indonesia Post – A member of the South Sumatra Provincial Legislative Council (DPRD) with the initials AS was reported by a resident of OKU Timur Thursday (26/1/2023) in an alleged case of fraud and/or embezzlement of Rp. 105 million by recruiting assistant workers for fisheries and agriculture to be placed in the OKU Timur area.
The reporter on behalf of Eko Pujianto, a resident of Nusa Tunggal RT 02, RW 02, Nusa Tunggal Village, Belitang II District, OKU Timur Regency.
Currently the reporting report has been received with registration number Number: LP / B / 53 / 1 / 2023 / SPKT / POLDA South Sumatra.
In the report, it was described that starting in March 2022, the victim was contacted by Ahmad Abdullah Attamiyah by telephone by AS (initial name) as a reported.
AS reported asked to find people who would be used as assistants in fisheries and agriculture to be placed in the OKU Timur region.
In order to be able to become a companion for the reported fishery and agriculture worker candidate, AS asked for a dowry from Ahmad Abdullah Attamiyah of IDR 15 million for each potential assistant.
The reported AS promised Rp. 5 million to Ahmad Abdullah Attamiyah for each person who had been recruited. As a result, Ahmad Abdullah Attamiyah managed to recruit four people in March 2022 and managed to raise Rp. 60 million.
Ahmad Abdullah Attamiyah handed over Rp. 60 million in cash to the reported party AS at his house in the Belitang area, OKU Timur Regency.
A week later, Ahmad Abdullah Attamiyah recruited three more people and managed to raise Rp. 45 million.
Ahmad Abdullah Attamiyah handed over Rp. 45 million to the reported AS at his home in Palembang. After all the money had been handed over to the reported AS, Ahmad Abdullah Attamiyah asked the AS when the tests for prospective assistants in fisheries and agriculture would be carried out.
The reported AS also said that the tests would be carried out in June 2022, but after the tests were completed none of the victims passed to become candidates for fisheries and agriculture assistants. Because the average victim has a degree in economics, while what is needed is a degree in agriculture.
That’s why the victims asked that the money handed over by Ahmad Abdullah Attamiyah to the reported AS be returned. After being asked, the reported AS was unable to return the victims’ money worth IDR 105 million, which prompted the victim to report to the South Sumatra Police.
The reported person, when confirmed by telephone, asked journalists to ask his lawyer directly about the matter.
“Oh, go straight to my lawyer, I know what you mean to confirm the report, right,” he said briefly.
Meanwhile, the Head of Public Relations of the South Sumatra Regional Police, Kombes Pol Supriadi, when confirmed, admitted that he was not aware of any reports of suspected fraud and embezzlement cases reported by unscrupulous members of the South Sumatra Provincial DPRD.
“I will first check the report, if it is true that there is a report, we will certainly process it according to applicable law,” he said. (mhn/bbs)
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