4 Experts Become Witnesses In The BTS Corruption Continuation Session

The follow-up trial of the alleged corruption case of Base Transceiver Station (BTS) 4G at the Corruption Court (Tipikor) at the Central Jakarta District Court, Monday (14/8/2023). (ANTARA/Fath Putra Mulya)

As many as four experts were presented as witnesses in the follow-up trial of the alleged 4G Base Transceiver Station (BTS) corruption case at the Corruption Court (Tipikor) at the Central Jakarta District Court, Monday. Two of the four witnesses were Radio Expert PT Paradita Infra Nusantara, namely Avrinson Budi Hotman Simarmata and Expert Staff Project Manager Unit of the Telecommunication and Information Accessibility Agency (BAKTI), Maryulis. Meanwhile, two other witnesses are Project Director Consultant Office, Gandhy Tungkot Hasudungan Situmorang and Transmission Expert, Roby Dony Prahmono. "Four witnesses, Your Honor," said one of the public prosecutors (JPU) in response to the question of Chief Judge Dennie Arsan Fatrika starting the trial as reported by Antara, Monday, August 14. The four witnesses were presented to the accused Commissioner of PT Solitech Media Sinergy Irwan Hermawan, President Director of PT Mora Telematika Indonesia Galumbang Menak Simanjuntak, and Account Director of PT Huawei Tech Investment Mukti Ali. To note, the four of them have also been presented as witnesses against the same defendant at the previous trial, Wednesday (9/8). At the trial, the four were questioned by the prosecutor and the panel of judges. Hakim Dennie said that at this trial, the four witnesses were questioned by legal counsel from the defendants Irwan Hermawan, Galumbang Menak Simanjuntak, and Mukti Ali. "Because in the previous trial examination you had not finished giving information, it was the turn of the legal advisory team, so we remind you that the oath that you have made is still attached and is still talking about the truth," said Judge Dennie. Previously, at the trial on Wednesday (2/8), the Public Prosecutor had also presented four witnesses from among the officials of the Ministry of Communication and Information (Kemenkominfo) for the three defendants. The witnesses were the Head of the Lastmile/Backhaul Division of the Telecommunication and Information Accessibility Agency (BAKTI) of the Ministry of Communication and Information Muhammad Feriandi Mirza and the Head of Sub-Division/Coordinator of Monitoring and Evaluation of the Telecommunication Network of the Ministry of Communication and Information Indra Apriadi. Furthermore, the Head of the Planning Bureau of the Ministry of Communication and Information Arifin Saleh Lubis and the Main Auditor at the Inspector General (Irjen) of the Ministry of Communication and Information Doddy Setiadi. In this case, former Kominfo Minister Johnny G. Plate was charged with alleged corruption in the provision of 4G BTS infrastructure and supporting infrastructure for BAKTI Kominfo for the 2020 period – 2022 which cost the state finances Rp8,032,084,133,795.51.

In the indictment, it was stated that a number of parties benefited from the development project, namely Johnny G. Plate received money amounting to Rp17,848,308,000.00; President Director of BAKTI Anang Achmad Latif received Rp5 billion; and experts on Human Development at the University of Indonesia (HUDEV UI) Yohan Suryanto received Rp453,608,400.00. Furthermore, Irwan Hermawan received IDR 119 billion; Windi Purnama as Director of PT Multimedia Berdikari Sejahtera received IDR 500 million; Muhammad Yusrizki as Director of PT Basat Utama Prima received IDR 50 billion and 2.5 million US dollars; FiberHome Consortium PT Telkominfra PT Multi Trans Data (PT MTD) for Package 1 and 2 received IDR 2,940,870,824,490.00; Consortium Linta Huawei SEI for package 3 received IDR 1,584,914,620,955.00; and Consortium IBS and ZTE Package 4 and 5 received IDR 3,504,518,715,600,00.