JAKARTA - The legal case that ensnared Ir. Wajudi Pranata (72) began with a dispute over the sale and purchase of shares, which then spread to the criminal realm. The case has now been rolled over to trial at the Palu District Court.
Wahjudi, who is known as a servant of the people, was reported by his colleague, fellow priest at the Abbalove Church in South Jakarta, Joseph Hong Kah Ing.
This matter started in 2014 from a transaction to buy and sell shares of PT Teknik Alum Service (TAS) owned by Agam Tirto Buwono to PT Greenworld Resource which is said to be owned by Hong Kah Ing. The value of the transaction was agreed at USD6.5 million, but the realized payment was only USD250 thousand.
In 2018, before the payment was declared as paid, the company's shares were sold to the Singapore Exchange (SGX). In the process, there were allegations of the use of a number of questionable documents.
Over time, Agam Tirto Buwono contacted Wahjudi and questioned a number of letters that were allegedly forged. Agam also admitted that he had difficulty contacting Hong Kah Ing and his company's employees.
Apart from the dispute with Agam, Hong Kah Ing was also said to be involved in a conflict with Chong Wan Lin and Lim Eng Hoe from Singapore. Because Hong is difficult to contact, Chong Wan Lin asked Wahjudi to meet him with the pastors at the Abbalove Church.
Wahjudi then explained the issue to a number of priests and invited them to pray. But the problem did not stop there. Wahjudi then created an internal WhatsApp group of the company called "Explanation of WP Related to Religion" which was composed of employees of the company owned by Hong Kah Ing, all of whom were domiciled in Jakarta.
In the group, Wahjudi sent a voice note containing an appeal for employees and Hong not to evade if asked for information by Agam Tirto Buwono. He also alluded to the letters in question and used in the IPO process on SGX.
Not accepting the contents of the voice note, Hong Kah Ing reported Wahjudi to the Central Sulawesi Police. The report continued to the investigation stage until it finally entered the trial at the Palu District Court.
"Yes, yesterday Tuesday was tried at the Palu District Court with the agenda of reading the indictment," said Tony Agustin Sitompul from the law firm M Mahfuz Abdullah & Associate in Jakarta, Wednesday, March 4.
According to Tony, the case faced by his client is considered unusual. He said the messages in the WhatsApp group were limited and intended to advise. In addition, the alleged falsification of documents related to the IPO on SGX is also being investigated by the Polda Metro Jaya investigators based on Agam Tirto Buwono's report.
Tony also highlighted the fact that all members of the WhatsApp group were domiciled in Jakarta, but the report was submitted to the Central Sulawesi Police until it was processed at the Palu PN.
"This is also a bit different. So it is processed at the Sulteng Police and now it is being tried," he said.
The trial against Wahjudi will continue with the next agenda according to the schedule of the panel of judges.
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