Prosecutors Search Evidence Of Tom Lembong's Wife's Electronic Media Conversation

JAKARTA - Head of the Attorney General's Office for Legal Information, Harli Siregar, said that his party examined the wife of Thomas Trikasih Lembong or Tom Lembong, Marcella Santoso, to trace evidence of electronic conversations owned by investigators.

"There is information obtained based on electronic evidence confiscated in the case of Marcella Santoso (MS) and his friends, so investigators are investigating this matter," said Harli as quoted by ANTARA, Friday, May 16.

Tom Lembong is the Minister of Trade for the 2015'2016 period who is now a defendant in the alleged corruption case of sugar imports at the Ministry of Trade in 2015'2016.

Harli did not specify the evidence of the conversation in question and who was the person who communicated with Marcella Santoso.

The AGO has named four suspects in the alleged obstruction case in handling this case, namely MS (Marcella Santoso) as advocate, JS (Junaedi Saabih) as lecturer and advocate, TB (Tian Bahtiar) as Director of JAKTV News, and MAM (M Adhiya Muzakki) as head of the Cyber Army team.

The four suspects allegedly obstructed the handling process of three cases at the AGO, namely corruption in the provision of CPO export facilities and their derivatives, corruption in tin commodity trading in the PT Timah Tbk IUP area, and corruption cases in the sugar importation activity on behalf of Tom Lembong.

Suspects MS and JS as advocates are collaborating with suspects TB and MAM to create and spread negative news and content on social media.

Director of Investigation at the Attorney General's Office of Jampidsus Abdull Qohar said that the obstruction effort was carried out to form a negative opinion for investigators and the AGO leadership to the public and influence the evidence of the case at trial so that the case fails or is not proven.