Judge Will Determine The Fate Of Johnny G Plate's Exception At Today's Session

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JAKARTA - Former Minister of Communication and Information (Menkominfo) Johnny G Plate will undergo a follow-up hearing with an interim decision agenda, today. The panel of judges will determine whether the exception or acceptance of the objection submitted by Johnny G Plate in the alleged corruption case in the provision of Base Transceiver Station (BTS) infrastructure.

Based on the Case Tracking Information System (SIPP) page of the Central Jakarta District Court, the trial of Johnny G Plate was held in the Muhammad Hatta Ali courtroom at 10.00 WIB.

"The agenda for the interim decision," was written on the SIPP website quoted by VOI, Tuesday, July 18.

Johnny G Plate dakwa cost the state Rp8 trillion in corruption cases in the provision of Base Transceiver Station (BTS) 4G infrastructure in 2020-2022.

"Losing state finances or the state economy amounting to Rp8,032,084,133,795.51 or at least this amount is according to the Audit Report on Calculation of State Financial Losses on the alleged corruption of BTS Kominfo in 2020-2022," said the prosecutor.

However, Johnny G Plate in the exception read by his lawyer, Ahmad Cholidin, said that the value of state losses of Rp. 8.032 trillion was considered invalid. The reason is that the project is still ongoing.

That way, Johnny G Plate is claimed not to cause state losses or at least the calculation of state losses as of March 31, 2022 becomes invalid. Moreover, the process of checking the results of the work (BAPHP) is still ongoing.

"Based on the results of the investigation, it was revealed that the 4G BTS activity did not stall and was still ongoing until now, and was extended until June 30, 2026," said Ahmad Cholidin.