JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of the NasDem Party Ahmad Ali, believes that the Minister of Communication and Information (Menkominfo) Johnny G Plate will be present to fulfill the summons of the Attorney General's Office (Kejagung) regarding the alleged corruption case in the procurement of tower base transceiver stations (BTS), if he is not on duty outside the city.

Johnny was in Medan to attend the National Press Day (HPN) event. "I'm sure that if Mr. Johnny Plate is not on duty outside he will definitely be present," said Ahmad Ali, Thursday, February 9.

Ali assessed that this summons had nothing to do with politicization. According to him, Johnny's summons was only as a witness to complete the statement and case files of the suspects in the alleged BTS corruption.

"I don't see this in a political context. This is an ordinary summons as a witness. There's nothing out of the ordinary. It could be that this is to complete the files of the suspects. Information from ministry people is needed," said Ali.

Ali emphasized that everyone has the same position in the eyes of the law. No exception ministers from the NasDem Party. He was sure Johnny was not involved in this case.

"Everyone has the same position. The obligation to provide information is to expedite the investigation process. The person who is summoned is not necessarily guilty," said Ali.

Previously, the Attorney General's Office (Kejagung) could not confirm the presence of the Minister of Communication and Informatics, Johnny G Plate, who was summoned in a case of alleged corruption in the procurement of tower base transceiver stations (BTS).

Johnny G Plate is scheduled to testify as a witness today. But it is not known whether or not the Minister of Communication and Informatics will be present.

"We haven't received any information yet," said the Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) of the Attorney General's Office, Ketut Sumedana, Thursday, February 9.

In the investigation into the alleged corruption case of 4G BTS and supporting infrastructure packages 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the 2020-2022 Telecommunications and Information Accessibility Agency (Bakti) Kominfo, the AGO has named five suspects.

The five namely, Anang Achmad Latif (AAL) as the Main Director of BAKTI Ministry of Communication and Informatics, and Gahole Menak (GMS) as the Main Director of PT Mora Telematics Indonesia.

Then Yohan Suryanto (YS) as a Human Development (HUDEV) expert at the University of Indonesia in 2020, Mukti Ali a suspect from PT Huwaei Technology Investment, and Irwan Hermawan as Commissioner PT Solitech Media Sinergy.

In this case, the state loss caused reached IDR 1 trillion. However, do not rule out the possibility of increasing.

In this case, the suspects were charged with Article 2 paragraph (1) and Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes in conjunction with Article 55 Paragraph (1) ) 1st Criminal Code.


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