Village Budget Corruption Highest Among Other Sectors
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The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has discovered three "ghost villages" that received village funds. Previously, there were also problems related to village budget management. It turns out that corruption cases involving village budgets are the most prevalent.
Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) recorded that corruption cases in village budgets are the highest among other sectors, totaling 96 cases. These cases comprise 49 cases related to infrastructure, resulting in state losses of Rp 17.1 billion. Meanwhile, there were 47 cases related to non-infrastructure, resulting in losses of Rp 20 billion.
ICW also noted a surge in corruption cases involving village funds perpetrated by village heads. Between 2016 and 2017, 110 village heads became suspects in village fund corruption cases. This number increased to 102 village heads in 2018.
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