2 Private Offices Searched During The AGO Check Johnny G Plate In The Bakti Kominfo Case

The Minister of Communication and Information Johnny G Plate is being questioned by AGO investigators as a witness to the alleged corruption of Bakti Kominfo on Tuesday, February 14. (Tsa Tsia-VOI)

The Attorney General's Office (AGO) searched two private offices, namely PT Solitech Media Sinergy and PT Pradita Infra Nusantara. This search relates to allegations of corruption in the BTS 4G infrastructure provider and supporters of packages 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 BAKTI Kominfo.

The Director of Investigation (Dirdik) of the Jampidsus Attorney General's Office Kuntadi said the search was carried out in conjunction with the examination of the Minister of Communication and Information Johnny G Plate today, Tuesday, February 14.

"We carried out this activity (search, ed) in order to strengthen the evidence in the ongoing case," Kuntadi told reporters at the AGO's Round Building, South Jakarta.

Kuntadi said the two offices were consultants from the ministry program that Johnny carried out. Later, evidence from the search will be carried out to prove the actions of the suspects in this case.

As previously reported, the AGO continues to investigate allegations of corruption by Bakti Kominfo. Most recently, Johnny G Plate has been examined as a witness for nine hours since the morning around 09.00 WIB.

Not only Johnny, but the AGO also examined five other witnesses. They are K as Director of PT Elabram System; DA as private party; Director of PT Menara Cahaya Telekomunikasi with the initials TBSK; Director of PT Telnusa Intracom, DB; and WL as Director of Sales of PT ZTE Indonesia.

To investigate cases of alleged corruption in the BTS 4G infrastructure provider and supporters of packages 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 BAKTI Kominfo, about 50 witnesses were examined and 23 witnesses were prevented from leaving the country. This case is suspected of causing more than Rp1 trillion in state finances.

As for the suspects, there are five that have been determined by the AGO. They are Anang Achmad Latif (AAL) as the President Director of BAKTI, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Gapol Menak (GMS) as the President Director of PT Mora Telematika Indonesia, Yohan Suryanto (YS) as an expert on Human Development (HUDEV) at the University of Indonesia in 2020, Mukti Ali as a suspect from PT Huwaei Technology Investment and Irwan Hermawan as Commissioner of PT Solitchmedia Synergy.