The Detention Period Of Three Suspects In PT DI Corruption Cases Is Extended

Acting Spokesperson for the Corruption Eradication Committee (KPK) (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) extended the detention period of three suspects in a corruption case in the procurement of sales and marketing activities at PT Dirgantara Indonesia (DI) from 2007 to 2017.

Three suspects, namely the Head of the Marketing and Sales Division of PT DI in 2007-2014 and most recently the Director of Production of PT DI in 2014-2019 Arie Wibowo (AW), Managing Director of PT Abadi Sentosa Perkasa Didi Laksamana (DL), and Managing Director of PT Selaras Bangun Usaha Ferry Santosa Subrata (FSS).

"The team of investigators extended the detention period for suspects AW, DL, and FSS for 40 days starting November 23, 2020 to January 1, 2021," said Acting KPK spokesman Ali Fikri through his statement in Jakarta, reported by Antara, Monday, November 23.

The suspects are currently being held in three different detention centers (rutan), namely the suspect Arie is detained at the East Jakarta Metro Police Detention Center, the suspect Didi at the Central Jakarta Police Detention Center, and the suspect Ferry at the Polda Metro Jaya Detention Center.

"The detention extension was carried out because investigators still need time to complete case investigation files on behalf of the suspects," said Ali.

For the corruption case at PT DI, it is suspected that there were state losses of around Rp. 202 billion and US $ 8.6 million so that the total state loss was around Rp. 315 billion.

Meanwhile, the three suspects are suspected of receiving Rp9,172,012,834 for Arie, Rp10,805,119,031 for Didi and Rp1,951,769,992 for the suspect.

The three suspects are suspected of violating Article 2 or Article 3 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 in conjunction with Article 55 Paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code.

Previously, in the same case, the suspect had also entered the stage of investigation with the suspect, President Director of PT PAL Indonesia (Persero) Budiman Saleh (BUS).

Budiman served as Director of PT DI Aerostructure 2007-2010, Director of Aircraft Integration PT DI 2010-2012, and Director of Commerce and Restructuring of PT DI 2012-2017.

In addition, the two defendants who are currently undergoing trial at the Bandung Corruption Court (Tipikor), namely former Director of PT DI Budi Santoso and former Head of Sales Division of PT DI Irzal Rinaldi Zailani.