Telkomsel's Alleged Corruption Case, Police Call Loss Of IDR 300 Billion

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JAKARTA - Polda Metro Jaya said that the estimated loss in the alleged corruption case submitting a proposal for the new sales broadband Telkomsel synergy program reached hundreds of billions of rupiah. Until now, this case is still being investigated. "(Losses) Approximately Rp. 300 billion," said the Director of Special Criminal Investigation of Polda Metro Jaya, Kombes Auliyansah Lubis, to reporters on Thursday, May 27. However, the details of the origins of the case were not explained in detail. . It was only conveyed if there were allegations of irregularities in the use of funds in the program. "So there are allegations of funds launched by Telkom. At this time those submitted by the public cannot be accounted for," said Auliyansah.

In an effort to investigate the investigation of the case, two high-ranking officers of PT Telkomsel, Setyanto Hantoro and Edi Witjara have been scheduled to be investigated. However, they did not fulfill the summons for examination. Said Auliyansah, both of them were currently having work activities. So, asking for the examination agenda to be rescheduled. "The reason is because today there are launch activities for 5G and Telkomsel's own anniversary," he said. For information, Polda Metro Jaya is investigating alleged corruption related to the submission of proposals for Telkomsel's new broadband broadband synergy program. This is because there are allegations of improper application, which could potentially result in state loss. In that case the investigator uses Article 2 Paragraph (1) and / or Article 3 of Law Number 31 Year 1999 has been amended by Law Number 20 Year 2021.