Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak Convince Joko Tjandra To Trust Tommy Sumardi

DOK ANTARA / Joko Tjandra during the trial some time ago

JAKARTA - Joko Tjandra revealed the reason he trusted Tommy Sumardi to take care of removing his name from the fugitive list at Immigration. Because Joko Tjandra received a whisper from former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, an in-house from Tommy Sumardi.

This was revealed when Joko Tjandra became a witness in the trial of alleged bribery for the removal of red notice for the accused, Brigadier General Prasetijo.

"In 2019 he (Tommy) became an order with Prime Minister Najib. Now, at his wedding ceremony, almost all senior officials from the police attended the party. I was also informed by Prime Minister Najib," said Joko Tjandra in a trial at the Corruption Court, Central Jakarta. , Monday, December 14th.

With this whisper, said Joko Tjandra, confidence in Tommy Sumardi emerged. Moreover, there is a statement that states that Tommy has close ties with the Police generals.

"He was the one who conveyed, eh m-in-law (who means in-law) that I am in Indonesia, the police are all very close," he said.

"So the trust comes from there. That's why I called him in March, in practice everything went from there," said Joko.

Besides that, his trust in Tommy is also because Najib Razak is a close friend. They have a close friendship in the business world.

"Prime minister Najib happened to be a good friend of mine and I also helped him to build a project called The Exchange 106," said Joko Tjandra.

In the case of alleged bribery for the removal of red notice, investigators named four people as suspects. They act as recipients and givers.

Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte and Brigadier General Prasetijo Utomo were named as suspects because they were suspected of being the recipients of bribes for the removal of red notice. Meanwhile, Tommy Sumardi and Djoko Tjandra were named as suspects on suspicion of giving bribes.

Joko Tjandra was charged with paying SGD200 thousand and USD270 thousand to Inspector General Napoleon and USD 150 thousand to Brigadier General Prasetijo.