Setya Novanto Alleges Johannes Marliem Frames Him in E-KTP Case

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Graft suspect Setya Novanto in the opening of his defense statement claimed he had been framed by the late Johannes Marliem, the boss of Biomorf Lone Indonesia, who recorded every meeting both men held.

“Since the beginning, with intent, Johannes Marliem framed me by recording each and every one of our dialogues,” said Setya at the Jakarta’s Corruption Court today.

Biomorf Lone Indonesia was led by Marliem, which is a sister company to the United States Biomorf Lone LLC. The company became a subcontractor to the consortium that won the electronic ID card [e-KTP] project tender. 

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Biomorf operated in conjunction with Quadra Solution that worked on the civil biometric data records, checking clone data, and storing the data. Meanwhile, Biomorf worked on some projects worth up to Rp680 billion from the total e-KTP project value, which was estimated to be Rp5.84 trillion.

In the hearing, Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) prosecutors played several recordings of conversations between Marliem, businessman Andi Agustinus, and Setya Novanto, which was used as one of many pieces of evidence against Setya.

The recordings also had conversations between the president director of Quadra Solution, Anang Sugiana Sudiharjo, and Johannes Marliem that was used by the KPK as evidence to incriminate Setya Novanto in the e-KTP graft.

M ROSSENO AJI