Hans Nicholas Jong, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Headlines | Wed, April 24 2013, 9:28 AM
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Hot seat: Insp.
Gen. Djoko Susilo attends his indictment at the Jakarta Corruption
Court on Tuesday. Prosecutors charged him with corruption and money
laundering when he served as the National Police Traffic Corps commander
in 2011. (JP/Ricky Yudhistira)
The
trial of Insp. Gen. Djoko Susilo began at the Jakarta Corruption Court
on Tuesday over his role in the driving simulator graft case.
Prosecutors
from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) have accused Djoko —
the first senior police general to be indicted by the antigraft agency —
of colluding with several parties to benefit from the Rp 200 billion
(US$20.6 million) project to procure driving simulators while he headed
the National Police Traffic Corps (Korlantas).
Djoko inflated
the budget for the project from Rp 98 billion to about Rp 200 billion,
the prosecutors said. He stands accused of embezzling Rp 32 billion of
the project’s funds to enrich himself.
“Didik and Budi received
Rp 50 million and Rp 93.3 billion, respectively, while Bambang received
Rp 4 billion,” lead prosecutor KMS A Rony said, referring to Brig. Gen.
Didik Purnomo, the former deputy chief at Korlantas; Budi Susanto, the
director of the firm that won the project tender; and Sukotjo S.
Bambang, director of the firm that was subcontracted by Budi.
The
stolen public money allegedly went to other police institutions,
including the Korlantas cooperative (Rp 15 billion) and the general
supervision inspectorate (Rp 1.5 billion), which was then led by deputy
National Police chief Comr. Gen. Nanan Sukarna. Rp 1 billion from the
project’s budget was also used by the police to fund its soccer team,
Bhayangkara.
“Their wrongdoings cost Rp 145 billion in state losses,” Rony said.
Djoko was slapped with corruption and money-laundering charges and could be sentenced to 20 years in prison if found guilty.
The
prosecutors decided to split the money-laundering charges into two, one
for Djoko’s alleged money laundering from 2010 to 2012, and the other
one for 2002 until 2010. The KPK said that Djoko allegedly amassed a
whopping Rp 43 billion in assets as well as Rp 15 billion in cash from
selling some of his assets from October 2010 to 2012.
His assets
came in multiple forms, including properties with a total area of 2,640
square meter, six buses, one car and three gas stations.
His
salary as a police general was around Rp 100 million per year in 2010
and 2011, but income from his property and jewelry-trading business
brought in Rp 960 million per year, according to the prosecutors.
“Besides that, the defendant did not have any other legal source of
income,” they said.
The prosecutors added that Djoko had
purchased those assets using the names of his relatives, including his
three wives, Suratmi, Mahdiana and Dipta Anindita.
Djoko has
three children with Suratmi, whom he married in 1985. He has another two
children with his second wife, Mahdiana, whom he married in 2001. “From
his marriage to Dipta, he has one child,” they said.
Dipta, a
former Putri Solo, was only 19 when in 2008 she married Djoko, who was
48 at the time. His three wives were nowhere to be seen during the
hearing, while dozens of police officers safeguarded the court.
Prior
to 2010, Djoko allegedly collected Rp 54 billion in assets, while his
salaries from his various positions with the police, such as North
Jakarta Police chief and Jakarta Police traffic division head, ranged
from
Rp 40 million to Rp 90 million per year.
After the
lengthy indictment was read out, Djoko, who wore a blue batik uniform,
said he did not understand the charges, to which presiding judge
Suhartoyo replied in a stern voice, “you don’t understand such simple
language? Don’t pretend that you don’t understand”.
Djoko and his team of more than 20 lawyers are scheduled to read their defense next Tuesday.
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