Today's 4G BTS Corruption Trial, Johnny G Plate Will Be A Witness

The atmosphere of the trial of the 4G BTS corruption case, Kominfo (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Former Minister of Communication and Information Johnny G Plate will be presented as a witness in the trial of the alleged corruption case in the provision of 4G Base Tranceiver Station (BTS) infrastructure, today.

Johnny G Plate will provide information for the defendants Galumbang Menak, Irwan Hermawan, and Mukti Ali.

"Witnesses for the trial of the Galumbang Menak, Irwan Hermawan, and Mukti Ali cases on Wednesday, September 27, 2023 (namely) Johnny Gerard Plate," said the defendant's attorney, Irwan Hermawan, Maqdir Ismail, quoted Wednesday, September 27.

Not only that, in the trial later, the public prosecutor (JPU) is also said to be presenting four other witnesses. They include Anang Achmad Latif, Yohan Suryanto, Windi Purnama, and Muhammad Yusrizki Muliawan.

In fact, the three of the five witnesses who will be presented are also defendants in the alleged 4G BTS corruption case. They are Johnny G Plate, Anang Achmad Latif, and Yohan Suryanto.

Meanwhile, the other two, namely Windi Purnama and Muhammad Yusrizki Muliawan, are still suspects. However, soon they will also be sitting in the chair of the prisoner.

For information, in this case, Johnny Plate was charged with committing a criminal act of corruption in the provision of BTS infrastructure and supporters of Kominfo for the 2020-2022 period which cost the state finances Rp8,032,084,133,795.51.

The indictment also states that a number of parties who benefited from the development project, namely Johnny G. Plate received money amounting to Rp17,848,308,000.00, Anang Achmad Latif as the President Director of the Telecommunication and Information Accessibility Agency (BAKTI) and the power of budget user (KPA) received Rp5 billion; Yohan Suryanto as the Ministry of Indonesia's Human Development (HUDEV UI) expert received Rp453,608,400.00.

Next, Irwan Hermawan as Commissioner of PT Solitech Media Sinergy received IDR 119 billion, Windi Purnama as Director of PT Multimedia Berdikari Sejahtera received IDR 500 million Muhammad Yusrizki as Director of PT Basar Utama Prima received IDR 50 billion and 2.5 million US dollars.

In addition, the FiberHome Consortium PT Telkominfra PT Multi Trans Data (PT MTD) for Packages 1 and 2 received Rp2,940,870,824,490.00, the Huawei SEI Linta Consortium for Package 3 received Rp1,584,914,955 and the IBS Consortium and ZTE Package 4 and Package 5 received Rp3,504,518,715,600.00.