Bareskrim Sends Suspects Corruption And TPPU From Jakpro Children To Prison

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JAKARTA - The Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police Headquarters has detained two suspects in the alleged crime of money laundering in cases of corruption in the construction of telecommunication towers and the procurement of GPON PT Jakarta Infrastruktur Propertindo (JIP), a subsidiary of PT Jakarta Propertindo (Jakpro). Director of Corruption Crime, Bareskrim Polri Brigadier General Cahyono Wibowo, said the two suspects detained, namely Ario Pramadhi, President Director of PT JIP for the 2014-2018 period and Christman Desanto, Vice President Finance of PT JIP for the period 2008-2018 have been detained since 28 November 2022. "We have detained suspect Ario Pramudhi from today, December 9, 2022, both of them are detained at the Criminal Investigation Detention Center," said Cahyono, Friday, December 9, quoted from Antara. The suspect Ario Pramadhi was named under Article 2 and or Article 3 of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Eradication of Corruption Crimes in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1 of the Criminal Code. Meanwhile Christman Desanto was charged with Article 3 of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning the Crime of Money Laundering (TPPU). The investigation of this case has been started since February 8, 2021 based on the police report (LP) numbered LP/A/0072/II/2021/Bareskrim dated February 5, 2021.

The corruption case in the construction of telecommunication towers occurred in 2015-2016. At that time, PT JIP collaborated with several private parties and received orders from PT Triview Geospatian Mandiri (TGM), PT Miratel, PT Mitra Multi Solusi (M2S), and PT Telekominfra Solusi Mandiri (TSM). from PT TGM the construction of 220 telecommunication towers in Java and Sumatra, from Miratel as many as 400 towers for the Java and Sulawesi regions, from PT M2S as many as 36 towers in Java and Sumatra, while from PT TSM as many as 1140 towers for the Java, Sulawesi, and East Indonesia regions. The construction of telecommunication towers, PT JIP made working capital loans to Jakpro through suspect Ario amounting to Rp150 billion in 2015 and Rp50 billion in 2016. The funds were disbursed with the 2015 and 2016 Regional Capital Participation (PMD) scheme.

Cahyono emphasized that PMD cannot be used for the work (not its designation). In addition, other facts found by investigators that the construction was carried out in full engineering and fictitious manner. This fictitious engineering and work was designed by the suspect Christman Desanto. In order to cover up his crimes, the suspect made several companies subcontractors and accommodated money as payments for fictitious work.

"As a result of this corruption, the state was harmed by more than Rp. 240 billion," said the former KPK investigator. Similar modes were also carried out by the suspect Christman Desanto for the procurement of GPON. The suspect made PT Qyata Cakra Buana (ACB), PT Towerindo Perkasa Inti (TPI) and PT Iskom Kreatif Prima (IKP). The three companies cooperated with PT JIP for the procurement of GPON. "PT JIP made a capital loan fund to PT Jakpro of Rp. 234 billion. For the procurement of GPON as many as 40'site' in the Jakarta area building in 2017 and 2018 procurement 47'site'," he said. However, from the facts obtained by investigators in the field from the 40'site' GPON installed only 1 unit was functioning, while the rest installed was incomplete so it didn't work. Meanwhile, of the 47'site' installed, 32'site' was not fully installed and the rest were not installed. "From the procurement of GPON this state was harmed up to Rp71.5 billion," said Cahyono. Akpol 1990, his party managed to confiscate assets amounting to Rp87.7 billion. From the proceeds of these crimes, the suspect Christman Desanto was enjoyed by the suspect Desanto to buy a number of moving and immovable assets, such as houses, buildings, land, and money. We are still investigating other parties that can be prosecuted for criminal liability either through corruption and money laundering, "said Cahyono.