4G BTS Project Commitment Making Officer Sentenced To 6 Years In Prison

The trial for reading the verdict of the panel of judges related to the BTS 4G BAKTI Kominfo project corruption case at the Jakarta Corruption Court (Tipikor), Monday (5/8/2024). (ANTARA/Agatha Olivia Victoria)

JAKARTA - Commitment Making Officer (PPK) of the 4Gbase Tranceiver Station (BTS) and Supporting Infrastructure Provision Project at BAKTI Kominfo, Elvanno Hatorangan was sentenced to six years in prison in connection with the BTS 4G project corruption case.

In addition to imprisonment, the panel of judges also imposed a fine of Rp. 1 billion, provided that if the fine was not paid, it would be replaced (subsidiary) with imprisonment for four months.

"Declaring that the defendant Elvanno Hatorangan has been legally and convincingly proven guilty of committing a criminal act of corruption together as in the primary indictment," said Chief Judge Dennie Arsan Fatirika in a trial reading the verdict of the panel of judges at the Jakarta Corruption Court as reported by ANTARA, Monday, August 5.

The judge stated that the primary indictment was stated in Article 2 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 18 of Law (UU) Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code (KUHP).

Not only the main sentence, the panel of judges also imposed additional penalties on Elvanno in the form of payment of replacement money worth Rp. 2.4 billion.

"In the event that the defendant does not have sufficient property to pay the replacement money, he will be replaced with imprisonment for three years," said the presiding judge.

In passing the verdict, the panel of judges considered aggravating and mitigating matters. Several aggravating things, namely Elvanno's actions were carried out in a role and had resulted in state losses and enriched the defendant and others.

Meanwhile, mitigating factors, namely Elvanno has never been convicted, was polite at trial, did not complicate the proceedings, and had family responsibilities.

In the same trial, there was also the former Head of the Lastmillean Division Backhaul BAKTI Kominfo Muhammad Feriandi Mirza and former Kominfo Expert Walbertus Natalius Wisang who held a hearing to read the verdict with Elvanno.

Feriandi was declared legally and convincingly together with Elvanno to participate in corruption in the project, so that he was proven to have committed corruption as regulated in the same article.

For his actions, the panel of judges sentenced Feriandi to five years in prison and a fine of Rp. 1 billion provided that if the fine was not paid, it would be replaced with imprisonment for four months.

In addition, Feriandi was also sentenced to additional sentences to pay compensation to the state in the amount of Rp. 300 million. The money has been confiscated from Feriandi and is calculated as payment of replacement money against the defendant.

Meanwhile, Walbertus has been legally and convincingly proven guilty of committing a criminal act by intentionally not giving information or giving false information in a corruption case.

This is proven in Article 22 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 which is in the indictment of the three alternative public prosecutors.

Thus, the panel of judges sentenced Walbertus to three years in prison and a fine of Rp. 200 million, subsidiary to imprisonment for three months.

Previously, Elvanno and Feriandi were charged with participating in corruption in the BTS 4G tower procurement project and supporting infrastructure for BAKTI Kominfo, which cost the state finances Rp8.03 trillion.

The two of them committed acts of corruption together with former President Director of BAKTI Kominfo and as Budget User Authority (KPA) Anang Achmad Latif, former Commissioner of PT Solitech Media Sinergy Irwan Hermawan, former Minister of Communication and Information Johnny Gerard Plate, and President Director of PT Sansaine Exindo Jemy Sutjiawan.

In addition, together with former President Director of PT Mora Telematika Indonesia Galumbang Menak Simanjuntak, Bahasa Expert (Konsultan) BAKTI Kominfo Yohan Suryanto, Director of PT Basar Utama Muhammad Yusrizki Muliawan, and Account Director of PT Huawei Tech Investment Mukti Ali.