TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Ferdinand Siagian, the Head of Foreign Relation Bureau at the Justice and Human Rights Ministry, confirmed that the National Police's Crime Investigation Directorate had conducted a search at the Immigration Directorate General office in relation to the payment gateway corruption case.
"The search was conducted by a team of 15 personnel," Ferdinand said at the Justice and Human Rights Ministry office on Wednesday, April 1, 2015, adding that the search was focused on the fifth floor of the Immigration Directorate General's office.
Ferdinand revealed that the search was supervised by Sr. Comr. Joko Purwanto, an investigator of the National Police's Crime Investigation Directorate. The team, Ferdinand added, has seized several documents related to former deputy Justice Minister Denny Indrayana.
Earlier, National Police spokesperson Rikwanto said that the search was conducted in an effort to find documents as supporting evidences for investigation into the graft case.
Investigators have named Denny, who also served as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's special staff, as a suspect for his involvement in the payment gateway project. Denny allegedly appointed two vendors, Doku and Finnet Indonesia, to handle the project.
During the operation of the program in the period of July to October 2014, the police found an embezzlement of Rp 32 billion (around US$2.5 million) and another Rp 605 million (US$46.500) trasferred to the vendors' bank accounts.
Police charged Denny with Article 2(1), Article 3 and Article 23 of Law No. 31/1999 on Corruption in conjunction with Article 421 of the Criminal Code and Article 55(1) of the Criminal Code on collective authority misuses.
SINGGIH SOARES
