Prosecutor: Brigadier General Prasetijo Orders To Burn Fake Letters From Joko Tjandra

Joko Tjandra (DOK. Antara)

JAKARTA - The former Head of the Coordinating and Supervision Bureau (Kakorwas) of the Criminal Investigation Agency (PPNS) of the National Police Brigadier General Prasetijo Utomo is said to have ordered the burning of fake letters for the 2009 Bank Bali cessie convict Joko Soegiarto Tjandra.

"Around July 2020, news appeared in the media regarding the whereabouts of Joko Tjandra, who was known to have entered Indonesia using a fake passport. For this, the defendant Prasetijo Utomo was worried and on July 8, 2020 ordered Jhony Andrijanto to burn the documents used on the pick-up trip. Joko Tjandra, "said the prosecutor while reading out Prasetijo's indictment at the East Jakarta District Court, quoted from Antara, Tuesday, October 13.

Joko Tjandra as a convict based on the Supreme Court's Judgment (PK) on June 11, 2009 was sentenced to 2 years in prison, but he escaped so that since June 17, 2009 he was assigned a fugitive status and entered the People Wanted List (DPO) of the Directorate General of Immigration and the Interpol Red list Notice.

"The pick-up was carried out from Pontianak to Jakarta on June 6 and 8 2020. The defendant said 'Jhon ... where were the yesterday's letters stored? And the answer was' I have the same general ... 'then the defendant said' burn all!" said the prosecutor.

Jhony then took a travel letter, a COVID-19 examination certificate and a health recommendation letter on behalf of Prasetijo Utomo, Anita Dewi Kolopaking and Joko Soegiarto along with the exposure to the OJK report which he kept and then burned.

After burning it, Jhony documented it and reported it directly to Prasetijo.

"After seeing the photo stored on Jhony Andrijanto's cellphone, the defendant said 'Do not use the cellphone again' since then the white Samsung A70 cellphone and the simcard were no longer used and were stored in the car," said the prosecutor.

In the process of making these letters, Prasetijo asked the Head of TU Ro Korwas PPNS Criminal Investigation Police Dodi Jaya to make a travel letter to Pontianak for the purposes of the mining business, but in that road letter Prasetijo ordered that the need to be changed to monitoring the pandemic in Pontianak and its surrounding areas.

Prasetijo also ordered Dodi to revise the travel letter by crossing out the letterhead "National Police Headquarters Bareskrim" to become "Bareskrim Polri, Korwas PPNS Bureau" and the official who signed previously "Chief Bareskrim Polri" Komjen Pol Listyo Sigit Prabowo crossed out and changed the name "Brigjen Pol Prasetijo Utomo "and the copy is crossed out.

The letter was issued on June 3, 2020. Prasetijo then made a travel letter with a similar format for the identity of Anita Dewi Kolopaking.

Prasetijo then ordered Sri Rejeki Ivana Yuliawati to make a COVID-19 examination certificate signed by dr. Hambek Tanuhita for Prasetijo Utomo (member of the National Police), Jhony Andrijanto (member of the National Police), Anita Dewi A Kolopaking (consultant) and Joko Soegiarto (Consultant), all of which are located at Jalan Trunojoko No. 3 Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta.

The letters were handed over by Prasetijo to Anita on June 4, 2020, which Anita sent via "whatsapp" to Joko Tjandra.

However, when managing to PT Transwisata Prima Aviation, whose plane was rented by Joko Tjandra, it turned out that there was a lack of information, namely height, weight, blood pressure and blood type so that Anita returned to see Prasetijo on June 5, 2020, so a new health recommendation letter was still signed by dr. Hambek Tanuhita for the four people.

Anita, Prasetijo Utomo and Jhony Andrijanto then left for Supadio Pontianak airport using the King Air 350i aircraft belonging to PT Transwisata Prima Aviation to pick up Joko Tjandra on June 6, 2020.

On June 8, 2020, Anita then picked up Joko Tjandra to go to the Grogol Selatan sub-district office to record an e-KTP in Joko Tjandra's name and then went to the South Jakarta District Court to register the PK.

Still on the same day, Anita, Prasetijo and Jhony drove Joko Tjandra back to Pontianak using the same charter plane, after which Anita, Prasetijo and Jhony immediately returned to Jakarta.

On June 16, 2020, Joko contacted Anita and said he would come to Jakarta to make a passport so Anita again asked Prasetijo to take care of the necessary documents, namely a travel letter, a health recommendation letter, and a COVID-19 examination letter.

On June 20, 2020, Joko Tjandra departed from Pontianak to Jakarta using a Lion Air plane and the check-in process was assisted by members of the Jumardi Police. Furthermore, on June 22, 2020, Anita submitted all original documents for passport making and after the passport was completed, Joko returned to Malaysia via Pontianak.

"That the burnt letters were intended to cover, obstruct or complicate the investigation of letter forgery by the defendant and at the same time eliminate the evidence that the defendant and Jhoni Andrijanto participated in picking up Joko Tjandra who was a fugitive so that he could freely enter Indonesian territory, said the prosecutor.

Joko Tjandra's actions were punishable by Article 263 paragraph (1) or Article 263 paragraph (2) and 263 paragraph (2) and Article 221 paragraph (1) of the Second Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.