The Attorney General's Office Names The Seventh Suspect In The BTS Kominfo Corruption Case

Investigators of the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) are examining taxpayers, suspects in corruption in providing Base Tranceiver Station (BTS) Kominfo/DOK Puspenkum AGO infrastructure.

JAKARTA - Investigators from the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) at the Attorney General's Office have again named one suspect in a case of alleged corruption in the provision of Base Tranceiver Station (BTS) infrastructure and supporting infrastructure for Kominfo for the 2020-2022 period.

Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) of the Attorney General's Office Ketut Sumedana said the seventh suspect named with the initials WP, a confidant of the suspect Irwan Hermawan (IH), Commissioner of PT Solitchmedia Synergy.

The suspect's initials WP refers to Windi Purnama's statement.

Sumedana explained, before being named a suspect, investigators arrested a taxpayer at Immigration, Adisutjipto Airport, Yogyakarta, at that time he was a witness.

"The Jampidsus Investigating Prosecutor Team together with the Prosecutor's Team D.i Yogyakarta and the Kulon Progo District Prosecutor's Office have secured WP witnesses," said Ketut.

After being successfully secured, the WP was taken to the Jampidsus Roundabout building of the Attorney General's Office, Jakarta for intensive examination. The Investigative Team named the WP as a suspect based on the Suspect Determination Letter Number: TAP-05/F.2/Fd.2/05/2023 dated May 23.

After being named a suspect, investigators detained him for 20 days starting from May 23 to June 11 at the Salemba Rutan at the South Jakarta District Attorney's Office.

In this case, the WP acts as a confidant of the IH suspect as a liaison with certain parties in the alleged corruption case in the provision of 4G Base Transceiver Station (BTS) infrastructure and supporting infrastructure for packages 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 BAKTI Kominfo.

"As a result of his actions, the suspect WP is suspected of violating Article 3 and Article 4 of Law No. 8 of 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering in conjunction with Article 55 Paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code," said Ketut.

With the appointment of taxpayers as suspects, the number of suspects in the BTS Kominfo project corruption case increased from six people to seven.

Six other suspects who have been named and detained, namely Anang Achmad Latif (AAL) as the President Director of BAKTI of the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Gahole 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 (MA) a suspect from PT Huwaei Technology Investment and Irwan Hermawan (IH) as Commissioner of PT Solitchmedia Synergy.

One suspect who has just been named, Wednesday (17/5), namely the Minister of Communication and Information (Menkoinfo) Jhonny G Plate.

Previously, the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP) recorded the value of state financial losses in this case of Rp. 8.3 trillion.