The Fate Of Johnny G Plate As A 4G BTS Corruption Defendant Will Be Decided Today

Former Minister of Communication and Information, Johnny G Plate (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Former Minister of Communication and Information (Menkominfo), Johnny G Plate, will undergo a trial to read the verdict on the alleged corruption case of the 4G base transceiver station (BTS) project and supporting infrastructure 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, today.

In the previous trial, Johnny G Plate was sentenced to 15 years in prison and 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.

"Wednesday 8 (November), God willing, we will read out the verdict of this case," said Chief Justice Fahzal Hendri, quoted on Wednesday, November 8.

In the case of alleged 4G BTS corruption, Johnny G Plate is considered guilty of unlawfully litigating himself, other people, or corporations that caused state losses of Rp. 8.032 trillion.

Thus, his actions are considered to fulfill the elements of Article 2 paragraph 1 jo. Article 18 of the Anti-Corruption Law jo. Article 55 paragraph 1 1 of the Criminal Code.

Not only Johnny G Plate, two other defendants, former President Director (Director) of the Telecommunication and Information Accessibility Agency (Bakti), Anang Achmad Latif; and former Human Development (Hudev) expert at the University of Indonesia (UI), Yohan Suryanto, will also undergo a verdict hearing.

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.