Attorney General To Announce New Suspect In Garuda Corruption Case

Attorney General ST Burhanuddin / PHOTO Puspenkum AGO

JAKARTA - Attorney General Sanitiar Burhanuddin will announce a new suspect in the alleged corruption case in the procurement of aircraft by PT Garuda Indonesia in 2011-2021 on Monday (27/6).

The information shared by the AGO's Puspenkum via text message informed Attorney General Sanitiar Burhanuddin, Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir, and Chairman of the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP) Muhammad Yusuf Ateh will hold a joint press conference.

Meanwhile, the Director of Investigations of the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) Supardi, when confirmed regarding the new suspect to be named, only answered briefly.

"Secret," Supardi said, quoted by Antara, Saturday, June 25.

Investigators have announced three suspects in the case for the procurement of the CRJ-1000 aircraft and the takeover of the ATR72-600 aircraft by PT Garuda Indonesia, namely Agus Wahjudo as Executive Project Manager Aircraft Delivery for Garuda Indonesia for the period 2009-2014, Vice President Strategic Management Office for Garuda Indonesia for the period 2011-2012. Setijo Awibowo, and Vice President Treasury Management of Garuda Indonesia for the period 2005-2012 Albert Burhan.

Previously, Tuesday (21/6), Jampidsus investigators had submitted the files of the three suspects and evidence to the public prosecutor of the Central Jakarta District Attorney (Kejari).

The Head of the AGO's Legal Information Center, Ketut Sumedana, explained that the planning and evaluation stages of the aircraft procurement process at PT Garuda Indonesia were not in accordance with the Fleet Management Procedure (PPA).

In the planning stage carried out by the suspect Setijo Awibowo, there were no reports on market analysis, route plans, analysis of aircraft needs, as well as recommendations and approvals from the board of directors.

The suspects together with Emirsyah Satar, who was then the President Director of PT Garuda Indonesia, and Hadinoto Soedigno as the Technical Director evaluated and determined the winner of the procurement of the Bombardier CRJ-1000 aircraft in a non-transparent, inconsistent and unaccountable manner.

As a result of the procurement process for the CRJ-1000 aircraft and the takeover of the ATR 72-600 aircraft, which were carried out not in accordance with the PPÀ principles, the principles of SOE procurement, and the business judgment rule, the aircraft always suffered losses when operated; resulting in a state financial loss of IDR 8.8 trillion.