The Name Edward Hutahaean Appeared At The BTS Corruption Court, Asking For 8 Million US Dollars To Threaten The Buldoser Kominfo

The trial of the BTS Bakti Kominfo corruption case at the Jakarta/PHOTO Corruption Court: Rizky Adytia-VOI

JAKARTA - The name Edward Hutahaean was mentioned in the trial of the alleged corruption case in the provision of 4G Base Tranceiver Station (BTS) infrastructure, today.

Edward is said to have asked for USD 8 million and threatened to demolish the Kominfo and Bakti buildings using a bulldozer.

Anang Achmad Latif, former President Director of Bakti who mentioned the names of Edward Hutahaean when testifying for the defendants Galumbang Menak, Irwan Hermawan, and Mukti Ali.

It started when the defendant's attorney Irwan confirmed about the figure of Edward. Anang also said that he knew him and had met him.

"I was once asked to meet Edward's brother, his meeting at his staff restaurant at Pondok Indah's golf course. At that time, before I left for the United States with the Minister's entourage (Johnny Plate)," Anang said during a trial at the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court, Wednesday, September 27.

Anang said that his meeting with Edward was when the alleged 4G BTS corruption case was being investigated by the Attorney General's Office.

"I forgot exactly whether it was September or October. The meeting, I was alone with Edward's brother. He said that he asked about the investigation process from BTS. I said, I just tried to run. I don't know what this case is like," he said.

Then, Edward conveyed that the 4G BTS case could be a big problem, if it was not taken care of from the start. So, Anang questioned what he had to do so that the case would not become big.

"That this could be a big problem, if the language wasn't taken care of from the start. I followed, I asked, what kind of business was it? At that time he said, this was a big project so you needed quite a lot of money. At that time he mentioned the figure of 8 million US dollars," he said.

In fact, at the meeting, Edward asked Anang to prepare 2 million US dollars within three days. The money is the first payment.

"He told me at that time, if you want to be serious, prepare 2 million US dollars in the next three days. I was shocked, I said, 'Sir, if that kind of money is better to be imprisoned,' because I don't have that much money," said Anang.

Anang said that at that time Edward immediately mentioned the name Galumbang. He asked to be connected.

"His response is, 'Well, you are close to Mr. Galumbang, you can ask him for help.' I asked, 'why did Mr. Galumbang not join BTS.' He replied, 'Mr. Galumbang has partnered with Bakti with his Palauring project.' What is the connection with the Palauring project?, he (Gallbang) once enjoyed a project from Kominfo," said Anang.

"I said tomorrow or the day after tomorrow I will go to the US and he asked for help connect me with Mr. Galumbang. After the meeting, I contacted Mr. Galumbang," he continued.

Anang admitted that he was depressed when dealing with Edward. He even said Edward threatened to knock down Bakti and Kominfo if he didn't obey it.

"Yes, he once said he would bulldozer, not only Bakti but one Kominfo related to this," said Anang.