Jokowi Up To 3 Times Emphasizes Respect For Legal Process For Alleged Corruption BTS 4G At Kominfo

President Joko Widodo gave a statement after attending the inauguration of the 2023 Domestic Product Business Matching in Jakarta/ANTARA

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (jokowi) asked all parties to respect the legal process in the alleged corruption case of the 4G Base Transceiver Station (BTS) project and supporting infrastructure of the Kominfo Telecommunications and Information Accessibility Agency (Bakti) at the Ministry of Communication and Informatics.

"Yes, we respect it. We respect all legal processes. We respect all legal processes," Jokowi said after attending the opening of the 2023 Business Matching of Domestic Products in Jakarta, Antara, Wednesday, March 15.

Meanwhile, today the Minister of Communication and Informatics (Menkominfo) Johnny G. Plate for the second time complied with the summons of the Attorney General's Office (Kejagung) to be examined as a witness in a case of alleged corruption in the provision of 4G BTS infrastructure and supporting infrastructure packages 1, 2, 3, 4 , and 5 Service of Communication and Informatics for the 2020-2022 period.

Previously, Tuesday, March 14, Johnny G Plate had also been questioned by the Attorney General's Office.

The head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) of the Attorney General's Office, Ketut Sumedana, said that his party would investigate the alleged manipulation of accountability for project progress, so that it would appear as if 100 percent disbursement could be carried out first in the project.

Ketut explained that Plate would also be examined regarding his policy in planning the construction of BTS. This is because projects that should have been implemented within five years were only carried out within one year.

In addition, investigators will clarify the alleged conspiracy to increase prices by a number of parties in the project. Plate was summoned again for questioning according to his position as a budget user (PA) of the Ministry of Communication and Informatics.

Then, he will also be clarified regarding his biological younger brother, Gregorius Alex Plate, who allegedly enjoys facilities related to the position of Johnny G. Plate.

In this case, the AGO has named five people as suspects, namely Irwan Hermawan (IH) as Commissioner of PT Solitech Media Sinergy, Anang Achmad Latif (AAL) as Main Director of Bakti Kominfo, Gauntung Menak (GMS) as Main Director of PT Mora Telematika Indonesia, Yohan Suryanto (YS) as a 2020 Human Development (HUDEV) expert at the University of Indonesia, as well as Mukti Ali from PT Huwaei Technology Investment.

The AGO has also confiscated around IDR 10,149,363,205 for luxury vehicles in the form of a BMW X5, a Toyota Innova Venturer, a Lexus LX 300, a Honda HRV, a Triumph motorbike, a Ducati, a BMW R 1250 GSA, and houses in the Lebak Bulus area.

The Bakti Kominfo 4G BTS tower development project is actually to provide digital services in frontier, outermost, and underdeveloped (3T) areas.

In its plan, the Ministry of Communication and Informatics will build 4,200 BTS towers in various parts of Indonesia. However, the suspects are suspected of committing unlawful acts by manipulating and conditioning the project tender process.