InfoSAWIT, PEKANBARU –The Court of Pekanbaru now investigates the corruption of credit distribution done by BRI Agro. It is assumed, the credit distributed to plantation sector, reaching Rp 4 billion might be corrupted. Chief of Court Pekanbaru, Suripto said, the credit distribution might be corrupted in 2009 – 2010. In the period, BRI Agro in Pekanbaru gave fund in the form of work modal to nurse palm oil areas in Village of Pauh, Sub district of Bonai Darussalam, District of Rokan Hulu (Rohul).

There were 18 debitors getting the fund on behalf of S and his friends within the areas reaching 54 hectares as the colleteral. These recent days, it was known that the debitors did not get the money from the banks. “The case (BRI Agro) is being investigated. In the short time, there would be suspects,” he recently said, as quoted from jawapos.com.

In the case, the Court of Pekanbaru checked some witnesses. They were who got the credits. “The witnesses are from the bank itself and the debitors,” he mentioned.

For information, the credit might be about Rp 4.050.000.000. Of 18 debitors, each of them got about Rp 150 million to Rp 300 million. The credit would last for one year and the due date would be in February 2010. Then it would be prolonged until 6 February 2013. As a matter of fact, in 2015, there were problems in the credit by the non performing loan status. It reached Rp 3.827.000.000,-. The credits proposed by the creditors, such as, SKT/SKGRreach 54 hectares. Until the news reported, there is no official information from BRI Agro. (T3)