Denying State Losses In Alleged Corruption Of BTS Rp8 T, Lawyer Johnny Plate Reasons The Project Is Still Ongoing

JAKARTA - The attorney for the former Minister of Communication and Information (Menkominfo) Johnny G. Plate said the value of state losses of Rp. 8.032 trillion from the alleged corruption in the procurement of a 4G base transceiver station (BTS) in 2020-2022 was invalid. He reasoned that the project was still ongoing.

"Based on the results of the investigation, it was revealed that the 4G BTS activity did not stall and was still ongoing until now, and was extended until June 30, 2026," said Ahmad Cholidin, while reading his client's objection note (exception) Johnny Plate at the Jakarta Corruption Court (Tipikor), Tuesday, July 4.

With the ongoing procurement of 4G BTS, he said, it could not be said that there had been a state loss or at least the calculation of state losses as of March 31, 2022, would be invalid considering that the process of reporting the inspection of the results of the work (BAPHP) was still ongoing.

In this case, the public prosecutor (JPU) stated that there was a state loss of Rp. 8,032,084,133,795.51 based on the Audit Results Report on Calculation of State Financial Losses on Alleged Corruption in the Provision of 4G BTS Infrastructure and Supporting Infrastructure Packages 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 at the Telecommunication and Information Accessibility Agency (BAKTI) of the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology 2020-2022 Number: PE-03.03/SR/SP-319/D5/02/2023 dated April 6, 2023 by the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP).

"Until this case was transferred to the trial, the BPKP auditor had never clarified the defendant as a budget user. BPKP auditors deliberately ignored the procedures that must be taken by the auditor, namely not clarifying the relevant parties with the Attorney General's Office investigators," Cholidin added. confiscated by Antara.

Cholidin also said the indictment was not careful because it did not take into account the progress of BAPHP after March 31, 2022.

"Furthermore, as many as May 14, 2023, 2,190 sites were completed, but the public prosecutor did not use the basis of the investigation and continued to use BPKP calculations as of March 31, 2022, which used progress as of March 31, 2022, which was 1,112 sites. Based on the description on the indictment, it was not careful because it used invalid and definite state loss calculations so it could not be accepted," said Cholidin.

In this case, former Minister of Communication and Information Johnny Plate was charged with alleged corruption in the provision of BTS infrastructure and supporters of Kominfo for the 2020-2022 period which cost the state finances Rp8,032,084,133,795.51.

The indictment also states that a number of parties who benefited from the development project, namely Johnny G. Plate received money amounting to Rp17,848,308,000.00, Anang Achmad Latif as the President Director of the Telecommunication and Information Accessibility Agency (BAKTI) and the power of budget user (KPA) received Rp5 billion; Yohan Suryanto as the Ministry of Indonesia's Human Development (HUDEV UI) expert received Rp453,608,400.00.

Next, Irwan Hermawan as Commissioner of PT Solitech Media Sinergy received Rp119 billion, Windi Purnama as Director of PT Multimedia Berdikari Sejahtera received Rp500 million Muhammad Yusrizki as Director of PT Basar Utama Prima received Rp50 billion and 2.5 million US dollars, the FiberHome Consortium PT Telkominfra PT Multi Trans Data (PT MTD) for Package 1 and 2 received Rp2,940,870,824,490.00, the Huawei SEI Linta Consortium for Package 3 received Rp1,584,914,955 and the IBS Consortium and ZTE Package 4 and Package 5 received Rp3,504,518,715,600,00.