Victim of alleged embezzlement by former DPD RI member Bahar Ngitung asks for transparent legal process

FAJAR.CO.ID, JAKARTA — The victim of alleged fraud and embezzlement from an electricity project that ensnared a former member of the Indonesian DPD, Bahar Ngitung, asked that the legal process in this case be carried out transparently and without special treatment. This request was made by the reporter and victim, Ida Tri Novianty, following a legal process which she considered to have been protracted since the end of 2025.

In an official statement received by the editorial team on Thursday (19/02/2026), Ida expressed her disappointment with the development of the case which was said to have been in the process of handing over files to the prosecutor’s office for more than two months.

He questioned the obstacles that caused the case to not be fully declared complete.

“Since the beginning of December 2025, it has been more than 2 months since the files have been handed over to the prosecutor’s office, I just want to know where the problem is? Is there any special treatment even though it has been TSK, the project has been operating since 2014, but it turns out those who work and supply goods have not been paid,” said Ida.

This case was previously uncovered by the South Sulawesi (Sulsel) Regional Police who revealed allegations of fraud and embezzlement in the electricity project with the reported Bahar Ngitung.

The status of the case has moved to the investigation stage, and Bahar is said to have been named a suspect (TSK) in the case.

Previously, the Director of General Criminal Investigation at the South Sulawesi Regional Police, Kombes Setiadi Sulaksono, explained that the report against Bahar Ngitung came from a female entrepreneur from Jakarta named Ida Tri Noviaty.

The report relates to project cooperation which is alleged to have not proceeded according to the agreement.

“So Bahar Ngitung was reported to have had collaboration. Project collaboration by a businessman also in Jakarta,” said Setiadi, Monday (29/12/2025).

According to the results of the interim investigation, the total loss suffered by the reporter is estimated at IDR 10 billion.

The alleged losses are related to an electricity generation project that has been running since 2014, but is said to have left payment obligations that have not been fulfilled.

“The cooperation is in the field of projects, electricity production projects, electricity. So, when there is cooperation, it turns out there is around IDR 10 billion in losses, if I’m not mistaken,” said Setiadi.

The South Sulawesi Regional Police stated that this case is still in the stage of completing the complete documents to be submitted to the prosecutor’s office.

Previously, the case files had been sent to the South Sulawesi High Prosecutor’s Office (Kejati Sulsel), but were returned to investigators to be completed or P-19.

This means that the research prosecutor still finds a number of formal and material deficiencies that need to be filled before the case can be declared complete or P-21.