JAKARTA - Investigators of the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes at the Attorney General's Office examined three witnesses related to the alleged corruption case in the procurement of the Satellite Orbit Slot Project 123 degrees East Longitude by the Ministry of Defense (Kemhan) in 2015-2021.
"The team of prosecutors has started to examine three witnesses related to the alleged corruption in the 123 degree East Longitude Orbit Satellite Procurement Project at the Ministry of Defense from 2015 to 2021," said the Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) at the Attorney General's Office, Leonard Eben Ezer Simanjuntak. in a statement in Jakarta, Monday, January 17.
Quoted by Antara, Leonard explained that the witnesses examined were PY as Senior Account Manager of PT Dini Nusa Kusuma. Then, witnesses RACS as Promotion Manager of PT Dini Nusa Kusuma and AK as General Manager of PT. Dini Nusa Kusuma.
"Witness examinations were carried out to provide information for the purpose of investigating criminal acts of corruption that occurred in the Procurement of the 123° East Longitude (BT) Orbit Satellite Slot at the Ministry of Defense from 2015 to 2021," Leonard said.
Leonard added that PT DNK itself is the holder of the Indonesian Satellite Filing Management Rights to be able to operate satellites or use radio frequency spectrum in certain satellite orbits.
As is known, the Attorney General's Office has announced an increase in the status of the handling of the alleged corruption of the satellite project to the investigation stage, Friday (14/1).
At the same time, the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD also stated that the abuse of authority in the satellite project is suspected to have cost the state as much as Rp800 billion.
The disclosure of the alleged corruption case in the satellite project began with a management vacuum after the Garuda-1 satellite left orbit from its orbital slot of 123 degrees east longitude.
At that time, the Ministry of Communication and Informatics fulfilled the request of the Ministry of Defense to obtain the right to manage the slot.
Furthermore, in its development, although the approval for the use of the 123 degrees east longitude orbital slot from the Ministry of Communication and Information has not yet been issued, the Ministry of Defense has made a satellite lease contract with Avanti Communication Ltd's orbital filler called the Artemis Satellite.
In addition, according to Mahfud MD's official statement, the Ministry of Defense has also signed contracts with companies Navayo, Airbus, Detente Hogan Lovells, and Telesat in the period from 2015 to 2016.
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