Sentenced To 8 Years In Prison, Ex-Boss Garuda Hadinoto Thinks

Technical Director of PT Garuda Indonesia for the period 2007-2012 and Director of Production for PT Citilink Indonesia for the period 2012-2017 Hadinoto Soedigno/ Antara

JAKARTA - Technical Director of PT Garuda Indonesia for the period 2007-2012 and Director of Production for PT Citilink Indonesia for the period 2012-2017 Hadinoto Soedigno were sentenced to 8 years in prison plus a fine of Rp. 1 billion, subsidiary to 3 months in prison.

Hadinoto 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.

"The trial, declared that the defendant Hadinoto Soedigno was proven legally and convincingly guilty of committing a criminal act of corruption and money laundering. Sentencing the defendant with a prison sentence of 8 years plus a fine of IDR 1 billion, subsidiary of 3 months in prison," said the head of the panel of judges, Rosmina at the Criminal Court. Corruption (Tipikor) Jakarta, Wednesday.

The verdict is lower than the demands of the KPK Public Prosecutor (JPU) who requested that Hadinoto Soedigno be sentenced to 12 years in prison plus a fine of Rp. 10 billion, subsidiary to 8 months in prison.

Hadinoto was also required to pay compensation in the amount of 2,302,974.08 US dollars and 477,540 euros.

"So that the defendant pays compensation for state losses 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 decision has a permanent law," said judge Rosmina.

If within that period Hadinoto did not pay the replacement money, his property was confiscated by the prosecutor and auctioned off to cover the replacement money.

"If the convict does not pay the replacement money, his property is confiscated by the prosecutor and auctioned to cover the replacement money, in the case that the defendant does not have sufficient property, he is imprisoned for 4 years," the judge added.

Hadinoto was proven guilty of two charges, namely the first indictment of Article 12 letter a of Law no. 31 of 1999 as amended by Law no. 20 of 2001 concerning the Eradication of the Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with 55 paragraph 1 of the 1st in conjunction with Article 65 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code and the second indictment of Article 3 of Law 8 of 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering in conjunction with Article 65 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.

There are a number of aggravating things in Hadinoto's actions.

"The defendant's actions were carried out against BUMN in the aviation sector which became the pride of the entire Indonesian nation which was attached to the symbol of the state that should be able to bring the name of the nation, not only nationally but also internationally, but the defendant worsened Indonesia's image in foreign eyes in managing the international aviation business. , the defendant did not admit his actions," said the judge.

While mitigating things, the panel of judges considered that Hadinoto had never been convicted in other cases and was polite in court

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 amounting to 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. 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 Hong Kong and Summerville Pacific. Inc.

The purpose of the bribe was so that Hadinoto together with Emirsyah Satar and Capt Agus Wahjudo intervened in procurement at PT. Garuda Indonesia, namely the procurement of Airbus A330 series aircraft, Airbus A320 aircraft, ATR 72 series 600 aircraft and Canadian Regional Jet (CRJ) 1000 NG as well as the purchase and maintenance of Rolls-Royce Trent 700 series engines.

The first receipt of US$ 156,724.08 from Rolls Royce through PT Ardyaparamita Ayuprakarasa and Connaught International related to the Rolls-Royce (RR) Trent 700 engine maintenance program as many as 6 Airbus A330-300 aircraft of PT Garuda Indonesia purchased in 1989 and 4 units aircraft leased from AerCAP and the International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC).

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 of Singapore so that the total received was 306,724.08 US dollars.

The second receipt was 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 amounted to US$166,000 or equivalent to S$207,168 which was received through a Standard Chartered Bank account in Singapore 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 the equivalent of 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 fifth receipt of 300 thousand US dollars or the equivalent of 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 is also still receiving gifts from PT. Soetikno Soedarjo's Mugi Rekso Abadi, namely the first 8-room villa facility 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 May 11, 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 job as a lawyer at the Law Firm Office of Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners (HHP), whereas 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 a number of accounts, namely to Tuti Dewi's account at HSBC Singapore on 13 May 2011 - 11 June 2012 worth a total of 130 thousand Singapore dollars, to the account of Putri Anggraini Hadinoto (Hadinoto's son) at RBC Toronto for 18,724 .5 Singapore dollars on 2 September 2011, to Rulianto Hadinoto in CIMB Singapore account for 30 thousand Singapore dollars

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. Furthermore, 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.

On the verdict, Hadinoto stated that he thought about it for 7 days, while the KPK prosecutor immediately declared an appeal.