AGO Calls BTS Bakti Kominfo Condition Not In Accordance With Report
JAKARTA - The Attorney General's Office (Kejagung) said that it had directly examined the condition of the 4G Base Transceiver Station (BTS) and Bakti infrastructure of the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kominfo) in several areas. As a result, it is not as large as reported."We conveyed that a while ago we had sent a team to several areas to check the location and most of the results were not in accordance with what was officially reported to us, most of the conditions were not appropriate," said Deputy Attorney General's Director for Special Crimes Kuntadi to reporters, Wednesday, March 15.Several BTS examined were in the areas of NTT, Papua, Maluku, Sulawesi, and others. However, the signal transmitter tower did not elaborate further.The difference in conditions from the results of the examination and what was reported had an effect on the amount of state losses. However, regarding the nominal, it is still in the process of being calculated by a team of experts and the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP)."Regarding the calculation of state losses, it is still in the process of being calculated," said Kuntadi.In investigating this alleged corruption case, the AGO has recently examined the Minister of Communication and Information (Menkominfo) Johnny G Plate. The examination process lasted for 6 hours.During the examination, the NasDem politician was asked 26 questions with his capacity as a budget user.But there was no further detail regarding the results of the examination, including the receipt of a flow of Rp534 million funds by Gregorius Alex Plate (GAP) who was the younger brother of Johnny G Plate.It is only conveyed if the examination is deemed sufficient. Thus, the next step the investigator will carry out the case title."From the results of the examination, we consider it sufficient and then we will conduct a case title in the fastest possible time," said Kuntadi.The AGO has named five suspects. They include Anang Achmad Latif (AAL) as the President Director of BAKTI, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Gahole Menak (GMS) as the President Director of PT Mora Telematika Indonesia, and Yohan Suryanto (YS) as a Human Development (HUDEEV) expert at the University of Indonesia in 2020.Then, there is also Mukti Ali, a suspect from PT Huwaei Technology Investment and Irwan Hermawan as Commissioner of PT Solitchmedia Synergy.