JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – The South Jakarta District Court held on Monday (July 27) a pre-trial petition filed by graft suspect Dahlan Iskan, former Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (SOE’s) and former CEO of the state electricity PLN, against the Attorney General Office (AGO).

Previously, the AGO has named Dahlan as a graft suspect in corruption case related to the construction project of the Java-Bali-West Nusa Tenggara electricity stations during the period of 2011-2013. The construction of the Java-Bali-West Nusa Tenggara electricity stations itself has swallowed budget until more than Rp1 trillion. The State losses is estimated around Rp33.2 billion from this case.

Other than that, Dahlan has been also examined in the two other separate cases of fictitious farm field and electric car.

Dahlan served as PLN CEO from 2009 to 2011. He then served as Minister of SOE’s under Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s (SBY) administration for the period of 2011-2014. (haryantosuharman@yosefardi.com)