Hearing for Alleged Corruption Case Postponed to Thursday

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The hearing for the alleged corruption case involving the procurement of goods and services and the management of the Provisional National Data Center (PDNS) at the Ministry of Communication and Informatics for the period 2020-2022 has been postponed to Thursday (February 26th).

The postponement was made because the public prosecutor from the Attorney General’s Office was not yet ready to read the indictment.

“We are postponing it to tomorrow because there is no more time,” said the presiding judge, Lucy Ermawati, at the hearing for the reading of the indictment at the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court on Wednesday.

The presiding judge emphasized that there would be no further postponement of the hearing because the available time is almost up and the panel of judges’ verdict hearing has been scheduled for Tuesday (March 10th).

In addition, the defendant’s detention period will also end on Friday (March 27th).

“That’s why we are considering delivering the verdict on the 10th, so that there will be time to consider it for 7 days,” said the presiding judge.

He is suspected of receiving a bribe of IDR 6 billion from the Director of Business of PT Aplikanusa Lintasarta for the period 2014-2022, Alfi Asman, as a reward for the appointment of PT Aplikanusa Lintasarta in several projects.

It was mentioned that PT Aplikanusa Lintasarta was appointed as the provider for other goods and services procurement projects, the provider of e-service infrastructure in 2020, the PDNS project in 2021, and the PDNS project in 2022 at the Ministry of Communication and Informatics.

As a result of the actions of Semuel, along with Alfi and the other defendants in the case, the public prosecutor revealed that the state suffered a loss of IDR 140.86 billion due to the enrichment of PT Aplikanusa Lintasarta.

Then, the Commitment Making Officer (PPK) in the procurement of goods or services and the management of PDNS at the Ministry of Communication and Informatics for the period 2020-2022, Nova Zanda, and the Account Manager of PT Dokotel Teknologi for the period 2017-2021, Pini Panggar Agusti.

For their actions, Semuel and Bambang face criminal charges under Article 2 paragraph (1) or Article 3 paragraph (1) or Article 5 paragraph (2) in conjunction with Article 18 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 5 paragraph (1) letter b of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended and supplemented by Law Number 20 of 2001 in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.

Meanwhile, Alfi is suspected of violating Article 2 paragraph (1) or Article 3 paragraph (1) or Article 5 paragraph (1) letter b in conjunction with Article 18 paragraph (1) of the Law concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.

Furthermore, Nova and Pini face criminal charges under Article 2 paragraph (1) or Article 3 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 18 paragraph (1) of the Law concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.