By Stefanno Sulaiman and Gayatri Suroyo
JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia’s anti-graft company raided the headquarters of the central financial institution in Jakarta on Monday in relation to a probe into alleged mishandling of a company social accountability programme, the company and the central financial institution mentioned.
The workplace of Financial institution Indonesia (BI) Governor Perry Warjiyo was amongst these raided, the place investigators took paperwork and digital units associated to the programme, deputy chief investigator Rudi Setiawan instructed reporters on Tuesday.
The anti-graft company suspected that the central financial institution had donated a few of its CSR funds to a number of foundations improperly, Setiawan mentioned.
“We have already had two suspects that we allege had acquired funds from BI’s CSR,” Setiawan mentioned. He declined to supply names, nor the dimensions of the funds, however he mentioned the cash stream was “fairly large”.
Investigators would query all central financial institution officers related to the probe, he mentioned.
BI mentioned it revered the investigation and would cooperate with the anti-graft company.
The company in September had mentioned it was investigating CSR programmes run by monetary regulators in 2023, together with the central financial institution, for potential misuse of funds for private acquire, in keeping with native media.
Warjiyo in September mentioned BI had cooperated with the probe, however defended the governance of its CSR funds.
“We are able to make sure that CSR or BI’s social programmes have robust regulatory governance and their decision-making course of is thru levels,” Warjiyo instructed a press convention on the time.
BI usually donates to training, social empowerment or non secular foundations.
The beneficiaries are chosen following a survey and should meet a set of necessities, Warjiyo mentioned on the time, including the board of governors decides on the dimensions of such donations.
The central financial institution allotted 1.6 trillion rupiah ($99.66 million) in 2023 for social programmes and tasks supporting micro-, small- and medium-enterprises, in addition to worth stabilisation measures, in keeping with BI finances paperwork supplied to parliament.
There was no breakdown of or particulars about the usage of the funds.
The raid occurred a day earlier than the central financial institution began its two-day coverage assembly on Tuesday, with its determination resulting from be introduced on Wednesday. It’s anticipated to maintain coverage charges unchanged, in keeping with a slim majority of economists polled by Reuters.
($1 = 16,055.0000 rupiah)
