The National Police's Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) is set to stop a probe into Nurhayati, a treasurer of Citamu village in Mundu district, Cirebon regency, West Java, who became a graft suspect after reporting the village’s chief Supriyadi for alleged corruption.
Bareskrim head Comr. Gen. Agus Andrianto said the termination of the investigation was concluded after the police could not find enough evidence for the case to proceed to trial.
"The result is not enough evidence so phase 2 will not be carried out,” Agus told the press as quoted by kompas.com.
Nurhayati initially was a witness who reported Supriyadi for alleged corruption of the village budget in 2018-2020 amounting to at least Rp 818 million (US$57,066), but instead was named a suspect by the Cirebon Police late last year.
The Cirebon Police suspected Nurhayati was involved in the embezzlement process and had charged her for violating Home Ministerial Regulation No. 20/2018 on village financial management.
West Java assistant attorney for extraordinary crimes Riyono said he had monitored the case handled by the Cirebon Prosecutor's Office.
"Our job is, of course, to monitor and investigate. Therefore, the handling of [Nurhayati's] case will be examined. The results of the examination will be reported in the near future," Riyono said without elaborating on the details of the examination.
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