TPJ appeals against verdict, Rp 1b fine<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
PT Thames PAM Jaya (TPJ) has appealed against a verdict made by
\nthe Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) and the
\nSouth Jakarta District Court, requiring the foreign water company
\nto pay Rp 1 billion (US$111,111) in fines for collusion.<\/p>\n
TPJ president director John Trew said in a press statement on
\nWednesday that his company had done nothing wrong during the
\nrecruitment of over 300 security officers for the company.<\/p>\n
"TPJ has shown transparency and goodwill toward all stake
\nholders in the open tender," according to the statement, which
\nwas also signed by the company's lawyers -- Humphrey R. Djemat
\nand Darwin Aritonang.<\/p>\n
KPPU fined TPJ Rp 1 billion on Dec. 13, 2004, accusing it of
\ncollusion with PT Interteknis Surya Terang (IST) in deciding the
\nwinner of the tender. The KPPU decision was further strengthened
\nby a verdict at the South Jakarta District Court on Feb. 28,
\n2005.<\/p>\n
According to the KPPU, TPJ and IST were guilty of violating
\nArticle 22 of Law No. 5\/1999 on monopolies and healthy business
\ncompetition because they colluded to determine the outcome of the
\nRp 5 billion tender.<\/p>\n
Investigators concluded that the case came about after TPJ
\nheld an open bid to hire some 307 security officers, in which 16
\ncompanies made it past the prequalification stage. The tender
\ncommittee later announced that only 12 of the companies fulfilled
\nall necessary requirements.<\/p>\n
But TPJ insisted that IST be included in the next stage of the
\ntender process even though it did not submit documents for
\nprequalification.<\/p>\n
TPJ demanded that the Supreme Court annul the verdict, saying
\nthat Article 22 of the law No.5\/1999 on monopolies and healthy
\nbusiness competition could not be used as a basis for deciding
\nthe case.<\/p>\n
According to the statement, presidential decree No. 18\/2000 on
\ntender mechanisms could only be used in the procurement of
\ngoods\/services that are fully or partly funded by government
\nmoney.<\/p>\n
Trew said TPJ was a company whose financial sources are
\nforeign investors, mostly owned by British-based Thames Water
\nOverseas Limited.<\/p>\n
The appeal was submitted to the Supreme Court on March 14.<\/p>\n
TPJ has been a partner of city-run water operator PD PAM Jaya
\nsince 1998. It serves tap water consumers in eastern Jakarta.<\/p>",
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