The Directorate of Corruption Crimes (Dittipidkor) of the National Police’s Criminal Investigation Department confiscated IDR 1.7 billion from witnesses in the alleged corruption case at PT Jakarta Infrastruktur Propertindo (JIP). 1.7 billion went into the account of Witness YK as the former Director of PT JIP.
“Today, one of PT JIP’s witnesses returned it to us, followed by the confiscation of Rp. 1.7 billion,” said Djoko. Djoko explained, in the process of investigating allegations of corruption in the purchase of goods/services for the construction of towers and GPON infrastructure by PT JIP in 2017-2018. , Witness YK received two remittances through your account with a total nominal transaction of Rp. 1.7 billion. Witness YK initially thought the money was salary and bonuses, then it was discovered that the funds that entered his account came from third parties (initials CD and EM).
Knowing this, the witness returned the money to the investigators from the Dittipidkor Bareskrim Polri. “We continue to prosecute the money leakers (corruption), because the handling of our investigations is not only corruption, but also money laundering crimes (TPPU),” said Djoko. Djoko explained TPPU investigations are needed in the investigation of predicate crimes, namely corruption, so that investigators make every effort to recover assets, in accordance with the mandate of the law in corruption cases.
In this case, investigators from the Directorate of Criminal Investigation and Criminal Investigation of the National Police have named former President Director (Director) of PT Jakarta Infrastruktur Propertindo (JIP) Ario Pramadhi as suspects along with Christman Desanto, the former VP of Finance & IT of PT JIP.
The temporary loss in this case was estimated by investigators at IDR 315 billion. Meanwhile, the form of unlawful acts, namely the construction of telecommunication towers in a number of areas in Indonesia, as well as the construction of the “Gigabit Passive Optical Network” (GPON) tower and infrastructure project.
In this case, investigators have examined 65 witnesses including PT JIP, the company that provided the work, and the GPON procurement contractor, as well as one expert witness on state finance. The two suspects were charged with Article 2 paragraph (1) and/or Article 3 of the Law. Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption.
