Johnny G Plate Not Charged With Money Laundering, MAKI Sues AGO

Suspects of corruption in the provision of Base Transceiver Station (BTS) 4G infrastructure corruption case Johnny G Plate (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Anti-Corruption Society (MAKI) has registered a pretrial against the Attorney General's Office at the South Jakarta District Court regarding the absence of suspects in corruption in the BTS Bakti Kominfo project with money laundering (TPPU).

The pretrial lawsuit was registered with a receipt from the South Jakarta District Court Number: 62/PudPra/2023/PM. Jak. Cell. "The pretrial lawsuit aims to pursue a bigger and wider perpetrator," said MAKI Coordinator Boyamin Saiman as reported by ANTARA, Thursday, June 15.

In the petitioned lawsuit (petitum), the applicant in this case MAKI asked the South Jakarta District Court to legally declare that the respondent (AGO) had violated the provisions of Article 25 of the Corruption Eradication Law and Articles 50, 102 and 106 of the Criminal Procedure Code as well as the provisions of the legislation in force in handling money laundering crimes in corruption cases in the alleged corruption case of the BTS Bakti Kominfo procurement project in the form of not determining the TPPU suspect against Johnny G. Plate, Anang Achmad Latif, Yohan Suryanto, Irwan Hermawan, and the recipients of money palm oil, all owners of the contractor company and all owners of subcontractor/supplier goods companies suspected of being involved in alleged irregularities and cases of alleged corruption in the BTS Bakti Kominfo project.

MAKI in his petition asked the judge to order the AGO to carry out further legal proceedings in accordance with the provisions of the applicable laws and regulations on suspicion of corruption in the case of alleged corruption in the BTS Bakti Kominfo procurement project in the form of developing and continuing the TPPU investigation, by naming the suspect on behalf of Johnny G.Plate, Anang Achmad Latif, Yohan Suryanto, Irwan Hermawan, and unscrupulous recipients of money palm oil, all owners of the contractor company and all owners of the subcontractor/supervisor goods company suspected of being involved in alleged irregularities and cases of alleged corruption in the BTS Bakti Kominfo procurement project.

Then asked the judge to order the AGO to carry out surveillance so as to determine the TPPU suspect in the alleged corruption case in the BTS Bakti Kominfo procurement project against the suspects.

Meanwhile, the AGO has again named a new suspect in the alleged corruption case in the provision of Treasury Administration (BTS) infrastructure and supporting infrastructure for the 2020-2022 period. The eighth suspect who has just been named is the Chairman of the Renewable Energy Standing Committee (Kadin) of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) Muhammad Yusrizki (MY).

MY WAS NAMED a suspect with his capacity as President Director of PT Basar Utama Prima (BUP). He was charged with Article 2 paragraph (1) and Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of the Corruption Crime Law in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.

Head of the Attorney General's Office for Legal Information, Ketut Sumedana, said that in this case investigators were still investigating the possibility of money laundering. However, until now investigators have not found any disguise or concealment as regulated in the Money Laundering Law carried out by the suspects.

"Until now, we are still investigating and have not found it as the TPPU Law, namely Articles 3, 4 and 5. We have not found any disguises, concealments, transfers as stated in the Money Laundering Law," he said.

The AGO said investigators had made efforts to cooperate with the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) to investigate the alleged money laundering offense.

"In further developments, we are still waiting because the process is ongoing and the process is still being prosecuted," said Sumedana.