The Attorney General's Office Summons Lawyer Irwan Hermawan Regarding The News Of Returning Rp27 Billion In BTS Case

Kapuspenkum AGO I Ketut Sumedana (left) together with the Director of Investigation (Dirdik) Jampidsus AGO Kuntadi (right)/ANTARA PHOTO/Asprilla Dwi Adha/rwa.

The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has asked for clarification from Maqdir Ismail, the defendant's lawyer Irwan Hermawan regarding his statement regarding the return of Rp27 billion from the private sector in the alleged corruption case of BTS Kominfo.

Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) of the Indonesian Attorney General's Office Ketut Sumedana said the investigating prosecutor would summon Maqdir Ismail for clarification.

"In accordance with the Witness Summons from the investigative team, Maqdir Ismail will be examined as a witness by the investigative team on Monday (10/7) at 09.00 WIB at the Jampidsus Round Building," Sumedana said as reported by ANTARA, Friday, July 7.

Sumedana said that the summons of Maqdir Ismail was related to cases of alleged corruption (TPK) and money laundering (TPPU) crimes, in the provision of 4G Base Transceiver Station (BTS) infrastructure and supporting infrastructure for packages 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 BAKTI of the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology in 2020 until 2022.

This summons is related to Maqdir Ismail's statement regarding someone, namely the private party who returned the money worth Rp27 billion in US dollars.

Therefore, said Sumedana, the Attorney General's Investigation Team will summon Maqdir Ismail to explain his statement.

"In the examination later, the Investigative Team asked Maqdir Ismail to bring money worth Rp27 billion as stated in the media, to make clear the case which is currently in the process of being investigated and rolling in court related to the flow of funds," said Sumedana.

Maqdir Ismail is a lawyer from Irwan Hermawan, a defendant in alleged corruption in the provision of 4G Base Transceiver Station (BTS) infrastructure and supporting infrastructure for packages 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 BAKTI of the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology in 2020 until 2022.

He conveyed the statement of a refund of Rp27 billion from the private sector to the Attorney General's Office investigators at the South Jakarta Corruption Court after accompanying his client to trial, Tuesday (4/7).