Djoko Tjandra Becomes The Suspect Of Giving Pinangki Bribes

Djoko Tjandra (Photo: VOI)

JAKARTA - The Attorney General's Office has named Djoko Tjandra as a suspect in giving bribes to Attorney Pinangki Sirna Malasari. The suspect was named after the Attorney General's Office twice questioned Djoko Tjandra.

"Tuesday and Wednesday and last night's case title then just finished the case title, so today investigators have again named one suspect with the initials JST (Djoko Tjandra)," said Kapuspenkum Kejagung, Hari Setiyono, Jakarta, Thursday, August 26.

The Attorney General's Office charged Djoko Tjandra with article 5 paragraph 1 letter a of Law 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Corruption, as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001.

"Or the second suspicion, article 5 paragraph 1 letter b of the Law on the eradication of criminal acts of corruption or the third is Article 13 of the Corruption Eradication Law," said Hari.

In this case, the Attorney General's Office previously named Attorney Pinangki Sirna Malasari as a suspect. He is suspected of receiving gratuities of 500 thousand US dollars or the equivalent of Rp7 billion from Djoko Tjandra. The money was allegedly given to assist the handling of the cessie case of Bank Bali, Djoko Tjandra.

For his actions, Pinangki was charged with Article 5 letter b of the Corruption Crime Law. On the way, the AGO will add the alleged article to Pinangki. However, it has not been done so far.