Attorney General's Office Examines Wife Of Alex Noerdin, Witness Of PDPDE Gas Corruption Case

DOCUMENTATION/ALEX NOERIN/ANTARA

JAKARTA - Attorney General's Office investigators on Tuesday examined the wife of Alex Noerdin, a suspect in the alleged corruption case in the purchase of natural gas by the Regional Owned Enterprise (BUMD) of the South Sumatra Gas Regional Mining and Energy Company (PDPDE).

"The witness being examined is E (the wife of suspect AN) related to the flow of financial transactions of suspect AN," said the Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) of the Attorney General's Office, Leonard Eben Ezer Simanjuntak, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, November 9.

The examination of Eliza, Alex Noerdin's wife, as a witness was carried out to provide information for the purpose of investigating a criminal case that he himself heard, he saw, and experienced himself in order to find legal facts about the corruption crime that occurred in the South Sumatra PDPDE.

Director of Investigations at the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Dirdik Jampidsus) Attorney General Supardi said that Eliza's investigation was related to all aspects related to the corruption that was suspected of her husband, such as assets and other financial transactions.

According to Supardi, so far there has been no indication of the involvement of Alex Noerdin's wife in the alleged corruption.

"Yes, the investigation is related to the material of the case, including assets as well. So far there has been no involvement," said Supardi.

In addition to Alex Noerdin, in this case investigators have named three suspects, namely the former President Director of PDPDE Sumsel and Director of PT PDPDE Gas Caca Isa Saleh S, President Commissioner and Director of PT PDPDE Gas Muddai Madang, and President Director of PT (Dika Karya Lintas Nusa) DKLN. concurrently Director of PT PDPDE Gas concurrently also President Director of PDPDE Sumsel Yuriansyah.

Investigators apply Article 2 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 18 of the Corruption Eradication Act (PTPK) jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st KUHP subsidiary to Article 3 and Article 18 of the PTPK Law jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) 1 of the Criminal Code against the four suspects.

So far, the AGO has only applied the ML article to three suspects, except for Alex Noerdin.

Investigators also began to confiscate some assets in the form of land from the three suspects. The expanse of land is located in Bekasi, Bogor, Bandung, to Musi Banyuasin. They are currently applying for the confiscation to the court.

From the calculation of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK), the state's financial loss in this case amounted to US$ 30 million.

The nominal is derived from the revenue from gas sales minus operating costs during 2010-2019. Meanwhile, other losses of US$63,750 and Rp2.131 billion were paid in capital that should not have been paid by PDPDE Gas Sumsel.