Dito Ariotedjo Denies Accepting Two Deposits Of Corruption Defendant BTS 4G Kominfo.

Jakarta/DOK Corruption Court BETWEEN

JAKARTA - Minister of Youth and Sports (Menpora) Dito Ariotedjo emphasized that he did not accept any gifts from the President Director of PT Mora Telematika Indonesia Galumbang Menak Simanjuntak, who is now a defendant in the alleged corruption case of BTS 4G Kominfo.

The rebuttal began with Chief Judge Fahzal Hendri digging up the relationship between witness Dito and Galumbang Menak. At that time, it was discovered that the two had met twice.

Dito then mentioned that the meeting with Galumbang was limited to business issues. This is because the figure of the President Director of PT Mora Telematika Indonesia is a senior businessman.

Hearing this testimony, Judge Fahzal began to question the progress of the trial which stated that there had been two givings from the defendant Galumbang.

"At the first meeting, was there a difference in entrusting something with you?" asked Judge Fahzal during a trial at the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court, Wednesday, October 11.

"Nothing," replied Dito.

"Nothing?" asked Judge Fahzal convincingly.

"No sir," said the Menpora.

Then, Judge Fahzal asked a similar question about the second meeting between Dito and Galumbang. The man who now serves as Menpora reiterated that there was no gift whatsoever.

"The second meeting is the same?" asked Judge Fahzal.

"It's the same, Your Majesty," said Dito.

Judge Fahzal explained the reasons behind his question. In the trial process, information emerged when there was a flow of funds to Dito Ariotedjo from Galumbang Menak through Resi which intended to secure the 4G BTS case.

"The problem that developed in the trial, Mr. Dito, you once discussed the problem of someone trying to close the BTS case," said Judge Fahzal.

Meanwhile, Dito Ariotedjo's statement for the defendant former Minister of Communications and Informatics, Johnny G Plate; former President Director (Managing Director) of Bakti Kominfo, Anang Achmad Latif; and former Human Development Expert (Hudev) Universitas Indonesia (UI) Yohan Suryanto.

In this case, Johnny G. Plate was charged with committing a criminal act of corruption in the provision of BTS infrastructure and supporters of Kominfo for the 2020-2022 period 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; Anang Achmad Latif received Rp5 billion; and Yohan Suryanto received Rp453,608,400.00.

Furthermore, Irwan Hermawan as Commissioner of PT Solitechmedia Sinergy received Rp119 billion; Windi Purnama received Rp500 million; Muhammad Yusrizki received Rp50 billion and 2.5 million US dollars; FiberHome Consortium PT Telkominfra PT Multi Trans Data (PT MTD) for packages 1 and 2 received Rp2,940,870,824,490.00; Consortium Lintaarta Huawei SEI for Package 3 received Rp1,584,914,620,955.00; and Consortium IBS and ZTE packages 4 and 5 received Rp3,504,518,715,600.00