Gratification Of Up To Rp10 Billion, Former Head Of Yogyakarta Customs Will Soon Be Tried
Illustration of bribery (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) suspects that former Yogyakarta Customs Chief Eko Darmanto has received gratuities of up to Rp. 10 billion. He will soon be tried to be held accountable for his actions.

Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri said the gratification case file that ensnared Eko was complete. So that evidence at trial can be carried out.

"Because from the prosecutor's team's assessment that all elements of the alleged recipient of gratuities from the suspect ED have been complete, so that currently the case file has been at the prosecution stage, namely the receipt of the suspect and evidence by the prosecutor," Ali said in a written statement quoted on Wednesday, April 17.

"The receipt of gratuities from the suspect ED as an official at the Director General of Customs and Excise at the Indonesian Ministry of Finance is estimated at IDR 10 billion," he continued.

Currently, the prosecutor will continue Eko's detention for the next 20 days until April 24 at the KPK branch detention center. The indictment will soon be submitted to the Corruption Court.

"The charges and case files will soon be transferred to the corruption court within 14 working days," he said.

Previously reported, Eko was detained after being named a suspect in receiving gratuities. He has received since 2009 and the method used is to disguise himself in family and company accounts affiliated.

The company consists of buying and selling Harley Davidson motorbikes, restoring antique cars, to construction companies and procuring toll road supporting facilities. The gratuities come from import entrepreneurs, customs service management entrepreneurs (PPJK) to excisable goods.


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