BTS Kominfo Case, Johnny G. Plate's Decision Reading Session Held November 8

The atmosphere of the duplicate trial of the 4G BTS case at the Central Jakarta District Court, Jakarta, Monday (6/11/2023). (ANTARA/Rina Nur Anggraini.)

JAKARTA - The Panel of Judges at the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court (Jakpus) scheduled a hearing to read the verdict against the former minister of communication and informatics (Menkominfo) Johnny G. Plate on Wednesday, November 8.

"We will postpone this trial in two days, namely Wednesday 8 (November), God willing, we will read out the verdict of this case," said Chief Justice Fahzal Hendri in a duplicate hearing at the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court, Monday, November 6, which was confiscated by Antara.

The panel of judges ordered the public prosecutor (JPU) to bring the defendant Johnny G. Plate back to trial on Wednesday, November 8.

In today's duplicate trial, two other defendants, apart from Johnny G. Plate, were the former president director of the Telecommunication and Information Accessibility Agency (Bakti) of the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kominfo) Anang Achmad Latif and former Human Development (Hudev) expert at the University of Indonesia (UI) Yohan Suryanto.

The three defendants underwent the agenda of the trial for reading the verdict at the same trial at the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court at 09.00 WIB, Wednesday, November 8.

"Maybe later the verdict will be read out one by one or each, later we will see the situation," said Fahzal.

The three defendants are suspected of being involved in the alleged corruption case in the procurement of 4G BTS.

The prosecutor demanded Johnny G. Plate with a prison sentence of 15 years, a fine of Rp. 1 billion, subsidiary to one year in prison, and to pay compensation of Rp. 17.8 billion, subsidiary to 7.5 years in prison.

He was judged legally and convincingly guilty of committing a criminal act of corruption together as the first primary indictment of Article 2 paragraph 1 jo. Article 18 of the Corruption Eradication Law jo. Article 55 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code.

Meanwhile, Anang Achmad Latif was sentenced to 18 years in prison, and was required to pay a fine of Rp. 1 billion, subsidiary to 12 months in prison, and to pay compensation of Rp. 5 billion, subsidiary to nine years in prison.

The prosecutor assessed that Anang was legally and convincingly proven guilty of participating in corruption and money laundering, as the first primary indictment of Article 2 paragraph 1 jo. Article 18 of the Anti-Corruption Law jo. Article 55 paragraph 1 1 of the Criminal Code and the second primary indictment of Article 3 of the Law on Prevention and Eradication of Money Laundering.

The third defendant, Yohan Suryanto, was charged with imprisonment for six years, a fine of Rp. 250 million, subsidiary to three months in prison, and to pay compensation of Rp. 399 million, subsidiary to three years in prison.

Yohan is considered legally and convincingly proven guilty of violating Article 2 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 18 of the Corruption Eradication Law in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1 of the Criminal Code.