Former Technical Director Of Garuda Indonesia Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison

DOK ANTARA

JAKARTA - Former Technical Director of PT Garuda Indonesia who is also former Director of Production of PT Citilink Indonesia Hadinoto Soedigno was sentenced to 12 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 10 billion, subsidiary to 8 months in prison.

The defendant was found guilty of accepting bribes and money laundering related to the procurement of Airbus A330 and A320 aircraft, ATR 72 serie 600, CRJ 1000 NG and Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines.

"Demanding that the panel of judges in the court for corruption (tipikor) declare that the defendant Hadinoto Soedigno is proven legally and convincingly guilty of committing a crime of corruption and money laundering. Sentencing the defendant with a prison sentence of 12 years plus a fine of Rp. 10 billion, subsidiary of 8 months in prison," said the Public Prosecutor (JPU) of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) NN Gina Saraswati, at the Jakarta Corruption Court (Tipikor), quoted by Antara, Thursday, June 3.

The KPK prosecutor also requested that Hadinoto be sentenced to pay replacement money.

"Imposed additional penalties against the defendant Hadinoto Soedigno to pay compensation in the amount of 2,302,974.08 US dollars and 477,540 euros or the equivalent of 3,771,637.58 Singapore dollars no later than 1 month after the court's decision becomes final and binding," said prosecutor Gina.

If within that period the defendant does not pay the replacement money, then his property is confiscated by the prosecutor and auctioned off to cover the replacement money.

"In the event that the convict does not have sufficient assets to pay the replacement money, he will be sentenced to imprisonment for 6 years," said prosecutor Gina.

In the first indictment, Hadinoto Soedigno together with Emirsyah Satar and Capt Agus Wahjudo were deemed proven to have received gifts in the form of money in the amount of 2,302,974.08 US dollars and 477,540 euros or the equivalent of 3,771,637.58 Singapore dollars as well as payment for dinner and lodging costs of Rp. Rp. 34,812,261 and a private plane rental of US$ 4,200.

The bribes came from Airbus SAS, Roll-Royce Plc, and Avions de Transport Regional (ATR) through Intermediary Connaught International Pte Ltd and PT Ardhyaparamita Ayuprakarsa owned by Soetikno Soedarjo and from Bombardier Canada through Hollingsworld Management International (HMI) Ltd Hongkong and Summerville Pacific Inc. .

The purpose of giving bribes is for Hadinoto together with Emirsyah Satar and Capt Agus Wahjudo to intervene in procurement at PT Garuda Indonesia, namely the procurement of Airbus A330 series aircraft, Airbus A320 aircraft, ATR 72 serie 600 aircraft, and Canadian Regional Jet (CRJ) 1000 NG as well as purchasing and maintenance of the Rolls-Royce Trent 700 series engine.

The first acceptance from Rolls Royce through PT Ardyaparamita Ayuprakarsa and Connaught International was related to the engine maintenance program which was entirely carried out by Rolls-Royce without involving a third party (TCP).

The maintenance is for the Rolls-Royce (RR) Trent 700 engine as many as 6 units of PT Garuda Indonesia's Airbus A330-300 aircraft purchased in 1989, and 4 aircraft leased from AerCAP and International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC).

Hadinoto received 156,724.08 US dollars from Rolls-Royce which was received through Hadinoto's account in Standard Chartered Bank Singapore account on 7 May 2009, for assisting the maintenance contract for 6 units of Airbus A330-300 aircraft purchased in 1989.

Furthermore, Hadinoto received 100 thousand US dollars or the equivalent of 130 thousand Singapore dollars on October 12, 2019 in the Standard Chartered Bank Singapore account from Rolls-Royce through Connaught International Pte Ltd, for assisting the maintenance contract for 4 Airbus A330 aircraft engines leased by Garuda from AerCAP and ILFC.

On June 9, 2011, Hadinoto still received 50 thousand US dollars or the equivalent of 61,085 Singapore dollars from PT Ardyaparamita Ayuprakasa which was received through the Standard Chartered Bank account in Singapore, bringing the total received to 306,724.08 US dollars.

The second receipt amounted to 477,540 euros or equivalent to 662,447.24 Singapore dollars on February 10, 2012 which was received through a Standard Chartered Bank account in Singapore from Airbus through Connaught International related to the procurement of 5 Airbus A330-300/200 aircraft.

The third receipt was US$166,000 or equivalent to S$207,168 which was received through Standard Chartered Bank Singapore account on August 30, 2012 from Airbus through Connaught International in relation to the procurement of 25 Airbus A320 Family aircraft.

The fourth receipt of 1,530,350 US dollars or equivalent to 1,763,881.03 Singapore dollars from Bombardier Aerospace Commercial Aircraft through Hollingworth Management International (HMI) and Summerville Pacific Inc related to the procurement of 6 units of Sub-100 Seater Canadian Regional Jet 1,000 Next Generation (CRJ1) .000NG).

The money was sent in stages from 11 June 2012 - 25 February 2014 to Hadinoto's account at Standard Chartered Bank Singapore.

The fifth receipt of 300 thousand US dollars or equivalent to 371,700 Singapore dollars which was received through the Standard Chartered Bank account of Singapore on 7 May 2014 from Avions de Transport Regional (ATR) through Connaught International related to the procurement of 21 ATR 72 series 600 aircraft.

Hadinoto also still received facility money from PT Mugi Rekso Abadi owned by Soetikno Soedarjo as the beneficial owner from PT Ardhyaparamita Ayuprakarsa, Connaught International Pte Ltd, Hollingsworld Management International Ltd Hongkong and Summerville Pacific Inc, which are intermediary companies for Airbus SAS, Roll-Royce Plc, ATR and Bombardier.

The revenue consisted of the first 8 bedroom villa facilities at Bvlgary Hotel Bali on 8-10 June 2011 worth Rp7,734,623; second, a one bedroom villa at Four Seasons Hotel Jimbaran on 16-19 September 2011 worth Rp17,570,063; third, dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel Bali Restaurant with Emirsyah Satar and Soetikno Soedarjo on 11 May 2013 for IDR 9,507,575; Fourth, the rental of the plane that was boarded with Emirsyah Satar, Bernard Duc, Soetikno Soedarjo and Capt Agus Wahjudo to Bali-Jakarta amounted to US$4,200 on June 11, 2011.

In the second indictment, Hadinoto was charged with money laundering by transferring and withdrawing cash from the Singapore Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) account.

It is known that Hadinoto opened an account at Standard Chartered Bank Singapore with account number 0319441369 by listing his work as a lawyer at the Law Firm of Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners (HHP), even though at that time Hadinoto served as Technical Director of PT Garuda Indonesia.

In the 2009-2014 period, Hadinoto as Technical Director of PT Garuda Indonesia and Production Director of PT Citilink received money amounting to 2,302,974.08 US dollars and 477,540 euros or equivalent to 3,771,637.58 Singapore dollars related to the procurement of Airbus A330 and A320, ATR 72 aircraft. the 600 series, CRJ 1000 NG and Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines.

Hadinoto then transferred the money in his name at SCB Singapore to Tuti Dewi's account at HSBC Singapore on 13 May 2011-11 June 2012 for a total of 130 thousand Singapore dollars.

Hadinoto also transferred to Putri Anggraini Hadinoto's account (Hadinoto's son) at RBC Toronto amounting to 18,724.5 Singapore dollars on September 2, 2011.

Lastly, Hadinoto transferred 30 thousand Singapore dollars to Rulianto Hadinoto in his Singapore CIMB account.

Hadinoto on 7 February 2012-17 March 2016 also transferred the money to several of his own accounts at SCB Singapore for a total of 2.15 million Singapore dollars.

Then Hadinoto withdrew the money that was still in the Singapore SCB account for the period 13 February 2012-6 May 2016 amounting to 1.145 million Singapore dollars.