AGO Extends Detention Period Of 5 Suspects In BTS Kominfo Corruption Case By 30 Days

JAKARTA - The Attorney General's Office (AGO) extended the detention period of five suspects for alleged corruption in the provision of Base Transceiver Station (BTS) 4G infrastructure and supporting infrastructure packages 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 BAKTI Kominfo for the period 2020 2022. Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) of the Attorney General's Office Ketut Sumedana said the detention period of the suspects was extended for the next 30 days. The detention period of the five suspects was carried out for the purposes of examination at the investigation level," said Ketut quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, March 25. According to Ketut, the investigation of the case was not completed so it was necessary to extend the detention period of the suspects. Investigation at the investigation level that has not been completed so it was deemed necessary to extend the detention of the suspect, he said. He detailed the extension of the detention period for suspects Anang Achmad Latif (AAL), Yohan Suryanto (YS) and Gapok Menak (GMS) branches from March 5 to April 3, 2023 at the Salemba Rutan branch of the Attorney General's Office. Then the suspect Mukti Ali (MA) carried out an extension of the detention period from March 25 to April 23 at the Salemba Rutan branch of the Attorney General's Office. And the suspect Irwan Hermawan was extended from April 7 to May 6, 2023 at the East Jakarta Class 1 Detention Center for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) branch. Until last Friday, the Attorney General Investigator for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) of the Attorney General's Office is still examining witnesses. A total of six witnesses were examined yesterday. The six witnesses examined, namely MA as Bakti Kominfo employee, EN as the Accountant Manager of PT SEI, YP as General Manager Logistics of PT SEI, BI as Director of PT SEI.

Furthermore, ATH as Operational Manager of Area 1 PT IBS and ARS as Account CFO of PT Huawei Tech Investment (HTI). The six witnesses were examined to strengthen the evidence and complete the filing in the case.