AGO Cannot Ensure The Presence Of Minister Of Communication And Information Johnny G Plate As A Witness In BTS Corruption Case

Menkominfo Johnny G Plate/DOC VIA ANTARA

JAKARTA - The Attorney General's Office (Kejagung) has not been able to confirm the presence of the Minister of Communication and Informatics (Menkominfo) Johnny G Plate who was summoned in the case of alleged corruption in the procurement of tower base transceiver stations (BTS).

Originally, Johnny G Plate was scheduled to testify as a witness today.

"We haven't received any information yet," said the Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) of the Attorney General's Office, Ketut Sumedana, Thursday, February 9.

In the investigation into the alleged corruption case of 4G BTS and supporting infrastructure packages 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the 2020-2022 Telecommunications and Information Accessibility Agency (Bakti) Kominfo, the AGO has named five suspects.

The five namely, Anang Achmad Latif (AAL) as the Main Director of BAKTI Ministry of Communication and Informatics, and Gahole Menak (GMS) as the Main Director of PT Mora Telematics Indonesia.

Then Yohan Suryanto (YS) as a Human Development (HUDEV) expert at the University of Indonesia in 2020, Mukti Ali a suspect from PT Huwaei Technology Investment, and Irwan Hermawan as Commissioner PT Solitech Media Sinergy.

In this case, the state loss reached IDR 1 trillion. However, it is still possible to increase.

In this case, the suspects were charged with Article 2 paragraph (1) and Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes in conjunction with Article 55 Paragraph (1) 1st Criminal Code.