Called the AGO as default since October 2019, this is an explanation from WanaArtha Life

ILLUSTRATION. WanaArtha Life denied the AGO’s statement that WanaArtha had failed to pay since October 2019.

Reporter: Ferrika Sari | Editor: Khomarul Hidayat

KONTAN.CO.ID – JAKARTA. PT Asuransi Jiwa Adisarana Wanaartha (WanaArtha Life) denied the Attorney General’s (AGO) statement that said WanaArtha had failed to pay since October 2019.

“The statement of the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) Ali Mukartono stating that WanaArtha Life has failed to pay in October 2019 is false information,” said WanaArtha Life Managing Director Yanes Y. Matulatuwa in an official statement, Saturday (26/9) .

In fact, he said, WanaArtha postponed payment of customer policies since the Sub Securities Account (SRE) was blocked by the Prosecutor’s Office on January 21, 2020. This is evidenced by the payment of claims since last October even before securities accounts were blocked.

In addition, the Attorney General’s Office is also considered to have made a mistake in stating that they never confiscated Wanaartha Life customers’ money. The reason is that Wanartha Life’s investment in stocks or mutual funds belongs to Benny Tjokro, the defendant in the Jiwasraya case.

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In fact, the AGO has blocked and confiscated SRE Wanaartha Life, which is a managed fund or a deposit belonging to the policy holder. This is because the insurance company collects premium funds paid by policyholders.

“These funds are invested and managed through third parties, especially in the money market and capital market, which must follow the transaction protocol regulated by the Financial Services Authority (OJK) and the Indonesian Stock Exchange,” he said.

In this case, Benny Tjokro is neither a policy holder, an investor nor a policy holder. He said, the President Director of PT Hanson International Tbk (MYRX) did not have any assets in the company.

That way, Ali Mukartono’s statement on the agenda of the Hearing Meeting (RDP) at the DPR Commission III, last Thursday (24/9), according to Yanes, is something that is incorrect and inaccurate when the company has not been able to prove the status of the securities account associated with the case. Jiwasraya.

The prosecutor’s statement in an open forum and covered by the media, is claimed to have tarnished and damaged Wanaartha Life’s reputation as an insurance company that has been around for 46 years and has never failed to pay.

“The AGO’s misleading statement has also caused confusion of information, causing unrest and turmoil in the community, especially for our customers,” he added.

Letter to Corn

Previously, WanaArtha Life had sent a letter to the Attorney General’s Office, namely the Director of Investigation at the Attorney General for Special Crimes Febrie Adriansyah with letter number 024 / BDO / WAL / II / 2020 dated February 14, 2020 regarding Submission of Objections to Block SRE and Request for Revocation of Order to Block Sub Securities Account.

“However, the letter we wrote was never responded to by the Attorney General’s Office. On the contrary, we question why this has only been responded to by the Attorney General’s Office in the RDP with Commission III of the Indonesian Parliament on September 24, 2020, “said Yanes.

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