In Dispute In The ASDP Case, The KPK Affirms That Internal Auditors Calculate State Losses Are Not New

Defendant in the alleged corruption case at PT ASDP Harry Muhammad Adhi Caksono (right), Ira Puspadewi (left), and Muhammad Yusuf Hadi (medium)/ ANTARA PHOTO/Muhammad Adimaja/tom

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) revealed that calculating state losses using internal auditors is not new. Several cases have been counted on their own, such as allegations of corruption related to the procurement of AW-101 helicopters.

This was conveyed by the acting (Plt) Deputy for Enforcement and Execution of the KPK Asep Guntur Rahayu in response to a number of parties who questioned the calculation of state losses by internal auditors in the corruption case of business cooperation (KSU) and the acquisition of PT Jembatan Nusantara by PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry.

"This has also been done, in the case of the AW 101 helicopter, then also in the crane or Pelindo case," Asep told reporters at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Monday, November 24 evening.

Moreover, Asep emphasized that the calculation of state losses was initially carried out by the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP). However, the process was not completed until the detention period of former President Director of PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry, Ira Puspadewi et al. almost ran out.

"Because the needs related to Article 2 and Article 3 are state losses. We are balanced with the calculation of state losses from AF, our forensic accountant," said Asep, who also serves as Director of KPK Investigations.

In addition, Asep also explained that the public assessment service consultant (KJPP) used by the KPK was not arbitrary. "Illegal accusations and others, no. Why? If the illegal KJPP had been rejected by the judge," he said.

As previously reported, the Jakarta Corruption Court Panel of Judges sentenced Ira Puspadewi as the former Director of PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry. He was found guilty in the corruption case of the acquisition and business cooperation (KSU) of PT Jembatan Nusantara by PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry.

Apart from Ira, former Director of Planning and Development of PT ASDP, Harry Muhammad Adhi Caksono, and former Director of Commercial and Services of PT ASDP, Muhammad Yusuf Hadi was sentenced to 4 years and a fine of Rp250 million. They were found guilty and committed corruption together as the second alternative indictment of Article 3 Jo Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999.

However, the trial of this case became the spotlight after the Chief Justice of the Panel of Judges, Sunoto stated that Ira Puspadewi et al should have been acquitted or onslag. He took the option of dissenting opinion because the acquisition of PT JN by ASDP was not entirely convincing as a criminal act of corruption.

Sunoto also said that the punishment for Ira Puspadewi et al also had a negative impact on the business world, especially SOEs. The board of directors can be afraid to make decisions for fear of experiencing a similar fate.

"The best professional-professional will think many times to accept the leadership position in BUMN because they are worried that any non-optimal business decisions can be criminalized," Sunoto said in a verdict hearing, Thursday, November 20.