Makassar,– The police suspect that the production of counterfeit money in the campus environment of the State Islamic University (UIN) Alauddin Makassar in Gowa Regency is intended for the simultaneous 2024 regional elections.The police are still pursuing three individuals suspected of being involved in the counterfeit money production network at the UIN Makassar campus.One of those on the Most Wanted List (DPO) is ASS, a politician who once aimed to run for the South Sulawesi gubernatorial election in 2024. ASS was also known to have run for the position of mayor of Makassar in 2013.
“This suspect was about to run in the recent regional election, but did not have or did not have enough seats to support him,” said the South Sulawesi Police Chief, Inspector General Pol Yudhiawan Wibisono, Thursday (19/12). Money Factory Fired Not only that, said Yudhiawan, these three DPOs had even submitted a proposal to one of the regional head candidates in Barru Regency during the recent local elections.
“They also attempted to submit a cooperation proposal to fund the Barru Pilkada, but it was not accepted,” he revealed.Yudhiawan explained that the process of producing counterfeit money was once carried out at ASS’s house on Jalan Sunu, Makassar.As for ASS’s role, he said, it emerged after the police arrested MS (52) who was producing and conducting transactions of counterfeit money together with JBP (68).He said that from the investigation, it was found that the production of counterfeit money was funded by money sent by ASS. In addition, the money for purchasing production raw materials is also suspected to come from ASS and two other DPOs who are believed to be donors in this case.
the police have arrested 17 people so far. In addition, the police also seized counterfeit money as well as foreign currency amounting to trillions of rupiah.”The evidence worth trillions, for example, the 2016 emission of the rupiah currency amounting to 4,554 pieces of 100 thousand, then the 1999 emission currency amounting to 6 pieces of 100 thousand, also 234 pieces of 100 thousand that have not been cut.” “So there are sheets that will be cut later,” said Yudhiawan.In addition to the counterfeit rupiah, Yudhiawan said his team also found foreign currencies such as South Korean and Vietnamese currencies.
“One sheet of Korean currency worth 5000 won, 111 sheets of Vietnamese currency worth 500 dong, and two sheets of Indonesian currency with a denomination of 1000 from the 1964 emission, as well as 234 sheets of 100 thousand from the 2016 emission,” he said.In addition, the police also seized evidence in the form of photocopies of Bank Indonesia (BI) deposit certificates and a piece of state securities (SBN) paper worth trillions of rupiah. The police also secured the counterfeit money printing machine, which originated from China.
“There is one sheet of photocopied BI deposit certificate worth 45 trillion, and one sheet of state securities (SBN) worth 700 trillion, then there is ink, a machine, a magnifying glass, everything totals 98 items, specifically the printing machine was bought in Surabaya but the goods from China are worth 600 million,” he explained.This case was uncovered when a resident of Gowa Regency received counterfeit money and reported it to the police. The police then conducted an investigation and successfully arrested dozens of perpetrators, including the head of the UIN Makassar library.”So there are 17 of them with different roles, including two employees from a state-owned bank,” he said.
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