The Attorney General's Office said that the public prosecutor has the opportunity to present the former Minister of Communication and Information (Menkominfo) Budi Arie Setiadi as a witness in the trial of the gamblingline case at the South Jakarta District Court.
"Of course, if the person concerned is in the case file whose defendant is currently being tried, that he is a witness, he may be summoned to testify in court," said Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) at the AGO, Harli Siregar, as reported by ANTARA, Monday, May 19.
According to Harli, Budi Arie, who now serves as Minister of Cooperatives, can be summoned as a witness if his name is included in the public prosecutor's witness list. But if not, it depends on the panel of judges.
"Later we will see how the judge is because the judge who leads the trial, he has the right to regulate the proceedings," added Harli.
He further said that the public prosecutor prepared the indictment based on the facts and evidence obtained during the investigation. The prosecutor's findings, he said, would later be verified at the court.
Meanwhile, regarding the opportunity for new suspects in the gambling case in question, the AGO handed it over to investigators. The investigator in this case is Polda Metro Jaya.
"It was handed back to the investigators what it was like," said Harli.
It is known that the names of Budi Arie Setiadi are listed in the indictment of the judionline case on behalf of the defendants Zulkarnaen Apriliantony, Adhi Kismanto, Arwin Jabarti Kiemas, and Muhrijan alias Agus.
Based on the indictment number PDM-32/JKTSL/Eku.2/02/2025 seen from the South Jakarta District Court Case Tracking Information System page, Budi Arie is said to have received a 'part' from the practice of guarding the online gambling page.
It was stated that the defendant Zulkarnaen was asked by Budi Arie as the Minister of Communication and Information at that time to find someone who could collect data on the online gambling website. Then, the defendant Zulkarnaen introduced Budi Arie to the defendant Adhi.
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During the meeting, the defendant Adhi presented a data crawling tool that was able to collect data on the gambling website. Then, Budi Arie offered the defendant Adhi to take part in the selection of experts at the Ministry of Communication and Information.
Defendant Adhi was declared not to have passed the selection because he did not have a bachelor's degree. However, due to the attention of Budi Arie, he was still accepted with the task of finding a link or gambling website that was reported to the take down team.
The defendant Zulkarnaen is said to have served as a liaison with Budi Arie, while the defendant Adhi is tasked with sorting the gambling website which has been recorded to be removed from the list of gambling web pages that will be blocked.
The defendant Alwin served as treasurer who arranged the distribution of money from guarding the gambling web page, while the defendant Muhrijan served as a liaison with the gambling web page agent.
Defendant I Zulkarnaen Apriliantony, Defendant II Adhi Kismanto, and Defendant IV Muhrijan alias Agus met again at the Pergrams Senopati Cafe to discuss the practice of guarding the online gambling practice at the Ministry of Communication and Information and tariffs of Rp. 8,000,000 per website and the distribution for Defendant II Adhi Kismanto by 20 percent, Defendant I Zulkarnaen Apriliantony by 30 percent, for Brother Budi Arie Setiadi by 50 percent of the entire preserved website, read the indictment letter.
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