The Period Of Detention Of Former Garuda Indonesia Boss Hadinoto Soedigno Has Been Extended

Former Director of Engineering and Fleet Management of PT Garuda Indonesia 2007-2012 Hadinoto Soedigno (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The detention period of the former Director of Engineering and Fleet Management of PT Garuda Indonesia 2007-2012 Hadinoto Soedigno (HDS) was extended by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) for the next 40 days.

Hadinoto is a suspect in the bribery case for the procurement of aircraft and aircraft engines from Airbus SAS and Rolls-Royce PLC at PT Garuda Indonesia and the Crime of Money Laundering (TPPU).

"In order to complete the case file settlement, the KPK investigative team extended the detention period for HDS suspects for 40 days starting December 24, 2020 to February 1, 2021 at the KPK Pomdam Jaya Guntur Detention Center," said Acting KPK spokesperson through his statement in Jakarta, reported by Antara, Sunday, December 20.

To note, since August 2019, the KPK has conducted investigations by establishing three suspects.

First, in the case of bribery for the procurement of aircraft and aircraft engines from Airbus SAS and Rolls-Royce PLC at PT Garuda Indonesia and the TPPU, the KPK appointed former President Director of Garuda Indonesia 2005-2014 Emirsyah Satar and the owner of PT Mugi Rekso Abadi (MRA) and Connaught International Pte. Ltd. Soetikno Soedarjo as a suspect.

Both have been convicted by the Panel of Corruption Eradication Judges and the case is still in the process of cassation legal proceedings.

Second, in the bribery case for the procurement of aircraft and aircraft engines from Airbus SAS and Rolls-Royce PLC at PT Garuda Indonesia, the KPK also named Hadinoto as a suspect and on November 20, 2020, the KPK increased the status of the case to investigation by determining Hadinoto as a TPPU suspect.

In the investigation process, the KPK found the suspect Hadinoto's actions of placing, transferring, changing forms, exchanging currency for bribes previously received by the person concerned, which allegedly was withdrawn in cash and sent to other accounts including his wife and children. including investment accounts in Singapore.

The suspect Hadinoto's actions were allegedly carried out with the aim of hiding or disguising the origin of the bribes in order to avoid being monitored by the competent authorities both in Indonesia and in Singapore.

The suspect Hadinoto is suspected of violating Article 12 letter a or Article 12 letter b or Article 11 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Corruption as amended by Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 20 of 2001 in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1 in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code and allegedly violating Article 3 and / or Article 4 and or Article 5 of Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 8 of 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering.