INFOKU, BLORA -The Blora District Prosecutor's Office (Kejari) has officially arrested three suspects in a case of alleged illegal levies (extortion) using the mode of buying and selling stalls at Randublatung Market, Blora.
The detention was carried out after the special criminal investigator (Pidsus) of the Blora District Prosecutor's Office (Kejari) carried out an examination of the three suspects.
The three suspects in question are MM, who was the former head of the Blora small and medium enterprise cooperative trade service (Dindagkop UKM) for the 2013-2019 period.
Then W, former Head of Markets at the Blora Dinsagkop 2019 who once served as head of Market UPTD Region IV Randublatung. As well as ZA, former assistant treasurer of the Randublatung market who now works at the Cepu Red Market.
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After being examined, the three suspects were then taken to the detention center in a car while wearing prison vests and both hands were handcuffed.
"Investigators have agreed to take action in the form of detaining the suspects in the class IIB Blora detention center for the next 20 days," said Head of Intelligence at the Blora Prosecutor's Office, Jatmiko, Thursday (19/10/2023).
Jatmiko said that his party had confiscated evidence in the form of hundreds of millions of rupiah. Such as around Rp. 120 million from an account that had been deposited by brother ZA, as well as around Rp. 170 million from suspect M.
"Furthermore, there was also around IDR 4.5 million from suspect ZA, then there was more money from the witness with the initials S around IDR 11.5 million, that's what we confiscated, a total of more than IDR 300 million which became evidence," he continued.
As a result of their actions, the three suspects were charged with Article 12 letter e of Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes.
Apart from that, Article 55 paragraph (1) 1 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code and also Article 11 of Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.
For your information, the emergence of this alleged extortion case stems from traders who admitted that they were being charged by market officials in varying amounts. Starting from IDR 45 million to IDR 50 million per shop or per kiosk.
Wulung Market itself has around 99 stalls. Every trader who wants to own a kiosk is required to pay the above nominal amount.
The money from the traders is then deposited to the market treasurer.
Allegations of extortion in buying and selling kiosks at the market have occurred since 2019 after the market was completed. (Endah/ IST )
