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TVRI editor reported to police over Rp 1 billion fraud allegation
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A TVRI studio films an afternoon news program. (JP/R. Berto Wedhatama )
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n editor at state-owned television station TVRI, identified only as HS, was reported to the Jakarta Police on Wednesday for allegedly embezzling Rp 1 billion (US$70,000).
HS was reported by a man identified as Mohammad.
According to Mohammad, HS embezzled money from the company and its partner PT Media Data Fortuna.
Mohammad said the company had conducted an internal audit and HS was indicated as having committed fraud, budget markups and falsifying documents and receipts.
“HS took over the authority of directors and refused to use the company’s bank account to make payments to vendors,” Mohammad said on Wednesday, as quoted by wartakota.tribunnews.com.
He added that HS had allegedly paid the vendors using a personal account and after the audit, the company was suspicious that HS had misused the company’s money.
“The money was used for his personal interests,” Mohammad said.
Responding to the report, HS only said that he would indemnify the company’s losses. (wnd)
