PDNS Corruption Case, Former Director General Of Aptika Kominfo Charged With Receiving A Bribe Of IDR 6 Billion In

JAKARTA - Director General of Informatics Applications (Aptica) of the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kemenkominfo) for the 2016-2024 period, Semuel Abrijani Pangerapan, was charged with accepting a bribe of Rp. 6 billion related to the alleged corruption case in the procurement of goods and management of the Temporary National Data Center (PDNS) at the Ministry of Communication and Information for the 2020-2022 period.

The public prosecutor (JPU) from the Attorney General's Office (AGO) Muhammad Fadil Paramajeng said that the bribe was received from the Business Director of PT Aplikanusa Lintasarta for the 2014-2022 period, Alfi Asman, in exchange for the appointment of PT Aplikanusa Lintasarta in several projects.

"PT Aplikanusa Lintasarta was appointed as a provider of other service procurement projects, providers of 2020 infrastructure-services, PDNS projects in 2021, and PDNS projects in 2022 at the Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Information," said the Public Prosecutor in a hearing reading the indictment at the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court, Monday, November 10, reported by ANTARA.

As a result of Semuel's actions with Alfi and the other defendants in the case, the Public Prosecutor revealed that the state suffered a loss of Rp140.86 billion for the enrichment of PT Aplikanusa Lintasarta.

The other defendants were tried at the same time as Semuel and Alfi, namely the Director of Government Information Application Services at the Directorate General of Aptika Kemenkominfo for the 2019-2023 period, Bambang Dwi Anggono.

Commitment Making Officer (PPK) in the procurement of goods or services and management of PDNS at the Ministry of Communication and Information for the period 2020-2022 Nova Zanda and Account Manager of PT Dokotel Teknologi for the period 2017-2021 Pini Panggar Agusti.

For their actions, Semuel and Bambang face criminal charges in Article 2 paragraph (1) or Article 3 paragraph (1) or Article 5 paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 18 paragraph (1) jo. Article 5 paragraph (1) letter b of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended and supplemented by Law Number 20 of 2001 jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code.

Meanwhile, Alfi is suspected of violating Article 2 paragraph (1) or Article 3 paragraph (1) or Article 5 paragraph (1) letter b jo. Article 18 paragraph (1) of the Law on the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code.

Then, Nova and Pini are subject to criminal threats in Article 2 paragraph (1) or Article 3 paragraph (1) jo. Article 18 paragraph (1) of the Law on the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code.

The prosecutor said that in the course of the implementation of the contract for the PDNS cloud computing service (cloud service) package in 2021, Semuel allegedly asked Alfi for Rp6 billion in money for the election of PT Aplikanusa Lintaarta, which was conveyed through witness Irwan Hermawan.

In choosing the company, Semuel was, among other things, charged with playing a role in signing the official memorandum regarding requests for regulatory consideration related to the procurement of goods and services, addressed to the Inspector General of the Ministry of Communication and Information on the pretext that the 2020 PDNS service could not stop.

Thus, the procurement of services can be carried out using a direct appointment mechanism to the previous provider, namely PT Aplikanusa Lintaarta.

At the request of funds from Semuel, Alfi was also said to have agreed and asked Irwan and witness Widi Purnama to assist in the process of disbursing PT Aplikanusa Lintasarta's money by making a fictitious purchase order (PO) for the PDNS consulting service work to Widi's company, namely PT Multimedia Berdikari Sejahtera.

Furthermore, on April 30, 2021, PT Aplikanusa Lintasarta sent the first payment of the fictitious PO to PT Multimedia Berdikari Sejahtera with a nominal value of Rp3.24 billion including the value added tax (VAT) and the second payment on September 17, 2021, amounting to Rp3.24 billion including VAT.

"On the payment of the fictitious PO, Widi handed over Rp6 billion to the defendant Semuel through Irwan in cash," said the Public Prosecutor.

The prosecutor revealed that the handover of the money was carried out in stages, namely the first amounting to Rp1 billion and the second in the amount of Rp5 billion, where Semuel used the money for house renovation activities in Taman Bali View, Cirendeu and as personal operational money.