Who Is The Figure Of Tommy Sumardi Who Gave Bribes In The Djoko Tjandra Case?

Djoko Tjandra in detention (Photo: Special)

JAKARTA - Bareskrim Polri has named four suspects in the alleged bribery case for removing red notice Djoko Tjandra when he was a fugitive.

The police named two suspects who gave the bribe. They are Tommy Sumardi and Djoko Tjandra. Both are said to provide an amount of money to remove red notices.

"As the giver, we have named JST and TS as suspects," said Head of Public Relations of the National Police, Inspector General Argo Yuwono at a press conference in Jakarta, Friday, August 14.

Then who is the true figure of Tommy Sumardi? Based on the search, Tommy is a businessman in the service sector.

Meanwhile, other information states that Tommy has a daughter named Fitri Aprinasaari Utami, who is said to be engaged to the son of former Malaysian Prime Minister Nazib Razak named Nazifuddin Najib.

There is not much information that mentions Tommy Sumardi's name. It's just that in one of the reports, Tommy's daughter is a Golkar Party politician.

Tommy's relationship in this case stems from his communication with Brigadier General Prasetijo Utomo and asking to be introduced to officials at the International Relations Division (Divhubinter) at the National Police Headquarters in charge of NCB Interpol Indonesia.

Then, it was said that NCB Interpol Indonesia informed Immigration about Djoko Tjandra's red notice that had been deleted. The reason is that the Attorney General's Office did not renew after 2014.

Meanwhile, the two suspects who received bribes were Brigadier General Prasetyo Utomo and Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte. This is after the police conduct a case title.

As bribes, Djoko Tjandra and Tommy Sumardi were charged with Article 5 Paragraph 1, Article 13 of Law 20/2020 concerning Corruption Crime (Tipikor) in conjunction with Article 55 of the Criminal Code.

Meanwhile, Brigadier General Prasetyo Utomo and Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte were charged with Article 5 Paragraph 2, Article 11 and Article 12 letters a and b of Law Number 20 of 2020 concerning Corruption (Tipikor) in conjunction with Article 55 of the Criminal Code.

In this case the investigators confiscated US $ 20 thousand. "There is evidence of 20 thousand USD and there is a letter, there is a cellphone, there is a laptop, there is CCTV as evidence," said Argo.