Jakarta – Indonesia’s Court for Corruption (Tipikor), throughout a trial here, Monday, charged 2 high-ranking officers of the Indonesian Authorities with receiving Rp8.3-billion kickbacks from Djoko Soegiarto Tjandra, who was founded guilty in the Bank Bali corruption case.
The 2 high-ranking officers were Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte, previous head of the National Cops’s International Relations Division, who was charged with accepting a kickback of 200 thousand Singapore dollars and US$270 or a total of Rp6.1 billion, and Brigadier General Prasetijo Utomo, previous head of the Coordinating and Supervision Bureau (Kakorwas) of the Indonesian Police’s Wrongdoer Investigation Department (Bareskrim), who was charged with receiving US$150 thousand, or Rp2.2 billion, from Tjandra, according to Public Prosecutor Zulkipli of the Attorney general of the United States’s Workplace during the court trial.
Bonaparte and Utomo were bribed to remove Tjandra’s name from individuals Desired List (DPO) registered at the Directorate General of Immigration.
Tjandra was convicted for his function in the Bank Bali corruption case and sentenced to two years in jail and ordered to pay a fine of Rp15 million, or a subsidiary of three months. He had escaped jail time.
Secretary of the National Central Bureau (NCB) of INTERPOL Indonesia at the Indonesian Authorities, headed by Brigadier General Setyo Wasisto, had penned a letter regarding the wanted list of fugitive Tjandra, alias Joe Chan, as a resident of Papua New Guinea, to the Director General of Immigration, dated February 12, 2015.
In April 2020, Tjandra had actually called his associate, Tommy Sumardi, to discuss ways to enter Indonesia to submit a judicial evaluation (PK) in connection with the Bank Bali corruption case after getting information that the Interpol Red Notice on him had actually been opened by the Interpol Head Office in Lyon, France.
Tjandra was willing to offer Rp10 billion, through Sumardi, to parties working in favor of his entry into Indonesia, particularly to the officials at NCB INTERPOL Indonesia in the Cops International Relations Department.
Sumardi then consulted with Utomo at his office at the National Authorities Lawbreaker Investigation Bureau for the Coordination and Supervision of Civil Service Investigators. Utomo then introduced Sumardi to Inspector General Bonaparte as head of the Police International Relations Division.
On April 28, 2020, Tjandra had prompted his secretary to turn over 200 thousand Singapore dollars to Sumardi, who later fulfilled Bonaparte on the same day at his office and handed him the money.
On April 29, 2020, Tjandra once again requested his secretary to turn over US$100 thousand to Sumardi, who then went back to see Bonaparte at the 11 th flooring of the TNCC National Cops Headquarters and handed over the money.
On May 4, 2020, Tjandra once again contacted his secretary to offer US$150 thousand to Sumardi, who later on in addition to Utomo met with Bonaparte to turn over the amount.
On May 5, 2020, Sumardi and Utomo went back to satisfy Bonaparte at his office and handed over US$20 thousand.
After getting the cash, Bonaparte wrote a letter informing that Tjandra was no longer gotten in the database of the Interpol Red Notices after being on the list given that 2014.
Following the issuance of the letter, Utomo had actually required money and Sumardi had turned over US$100 thousand on the next day.
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