JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – The Attorney General Office (AGO) has detained Joko Priono, an official at the Ministry of Transportation, after hours of questioning session on Wednesday (May. 20) related to further investigation into alleged graft and money laundering in the issuance of operational permit of helideck in four airports.
Joko Priono, the Head of Management Division of the Transportation Ministry’s Directorate General for Air Transportation, will be detained at the Salemba detention center for the next 20 days based on the AGO’s letter No. Print-66/F.2/Fd.1/05/2015.
Previously, the AGO has named Joko Priono as suspect in the case on March 4, 2015. The Ago charged the suspect with Article 12 letter e or Article 12 letter I of the Anti-Corruption Law No. 31/1999 as amended by Law No.20/2001. The Ago also charged the suspect with Article 3 of the Anti-Money Laundering Law No. 8/2010.
Joko is alleged of asking for bribe from third party related to the issuance of operational permit of helideck in four airports i.e Kualanamu in Medan (North Sumatra), Halim Perdanakusuma in Jakarta, Supadio in Pontianak (West Kalimantan), and Minangkabau in Padang (West Sumatra).
Joko is also alleged of asking for bribe related to the rental of Heavy Weight Deflectometer (HWD), the equipment belong to the Transportation Ministry. PT Indulexco has been mentioned also implicated in this case. (haryantosuharman@yosefardi.com)