Kejari Banjarmasin Ungkap TPPU Gembong Narkoba Fredy Pratama Lewat Babah Rp10 Miliar

JAKARTA - Fredy Pratama's international drug kingpin financial transactions flowed to the defendant Satria Gunawan alias Babah with the money laundering mode (TPPU) reaching Rp10 billion.

"Babah also received a flow of funds sourced from Fredy Pratama, both through the defendant Lian Silas and several accomplices to Fredy in the drug business," said Head of General Crimes at the Banjarmasin District Attorney's Office (Kejari) Habibi in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan (Kalsel), Friday, April 19, confiscated by Antara.

To strengthen his indictment, the team of public prosecutors (JPU) presented a number of witnesses who knew about Babah's actions as recipients of the flow of funds from the drug business of the Fredy Pratama network to the trial.

One of them was Fahrul Razi who was presented virtually by the Public Prosecutor at the Banjarmasin District Court.

Fahrul Razi, who lives in Kapuas, Central Kalimantan, admitted that he had transferred money with the aim of Satria Gunawan in the amount of Rp. 100 million.

"I transferred it on Fredy Pratama's orders," he said in a follow-up hearing at the Banjarmasin District Court.

Judge member Rustam questioned the witness about his relationship with Fredy Pratama. Witness Fahrul said that he had worked with Fredy Pratama with the task of transferring money on the orders of his boss.

"The money transferred is indeed the result of the drug business," he said.

The trial of the defendant Satria Gunawan alias Babah, who is a relative of Fredy Pratama, will continue next week with the agenda still listening to witness statements.

Babah defendants were charged with violating Articles 3, 4, 5, and 10 of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning Prevention and Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering and or Article 137 letter a and Law No, pr 35 of 2009 concerning Narcotics in conjunction with Article 55 (1) of the 1st Criminal Code.

Babah was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police for being involved as a recipient of Fredy Pratama's fund with assets confiscated 48 plots of land and buildings spread across South Kalimantan and Central Kalimantan worth Rp55 billion.