Prosecutors Confident of Enough Evidence

The Attorney General’s Office says it has enough evidence to name Communications and Information Minister Johnny G. Plate a graft suspect. They will shortly trace the flow of funds in the corruption case involving Johnny

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Minister of Communication and Informatics Johnny G Plate (center) wearing a special vest after an examination at the Attorney General's Office Building, Jakarta, Wednesday (17/5/2023).

JAKARTA, KOMPAS – The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) is confident that it has secured enough evidence to name Communications and Information Minister Johnny G. Plate as a suspect in the corruption case surrounding the construction of 4G base transceiver stations (BTS) and supporting infrastructure packages 1-5 by the ministry’s Telecommunications and Information Accessibility Agency (Bakti). The AGO will trace the flow of funds and assets in the case, which is estimated to have cost the state up to Rp 8 trillion in losses.

Johnny was questioned at the AGO on Wednesday (17/5/2023). He was detained after he was named as a suspect in the alleged corruption case involving construction of 4G base transceiver stations (BTS) and supporting infrastructure packages 1-5 from 2020 to 2022.