Novianti Setuningsih & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Djoko Susilo, former National Police Traffic Corps. chief, received billions of rupiah from Budi Susanto over a two-year period. This transpired on Friday in the ongoing multi-billion rupiah driving simulator graft case currently in court.
"Yes Djoko collected money several times. I can't remember how much because it happened over a long time – from 2009 until 2011," Comr. Legimo, treasurer of the Traffic Corps., told a Jakarta Anti-Corruption Court on Friday.
Legimo said in March 2011, Djoko asked him to accept four boxes of cash from Budi Susanto, president director of Citra Mandiri Metalindo Abadi (CMMA), which was delivered by staff member, Wahyudi and his colleagues.
Legimo said he kept the money in his office until Djoko's personal secretary collected it. In April 2011, Legimo was once again asked to accept Rp 4 billion ($408, 000) from Budi intended for Djoko.
Former deputy chief of the Traffic Corps Adj. Sr. Comr. Teddy Rusmawan told the court on Tuesday that members of the House Budget Commission had received four boxes of cash from Djoko, the defendant in the simulator equipment procurement graft case in 2010.
Teddy became a witness in the hearing against Djoko, who has been charged with allegedly accepting a Rp 2 billion bribe to help route a Rp 198 billion driving simulator procurement contract to an unqualified middleman.
In his testimony, Teddy, who was in charge of the simulator project in 2011, confessed to being ordered by Djoko to deliver four boxes containing an unknown amount of cash to the House Budget Commission (Banggar) coordinator, Muhammad Nazaruddin.
"Djoko ordered Nazaruddin to collect and then coordinate the delivery of four boxes to Banggar," Teddy said. In his testimony, Teddy also revealed Nazaruddin was not the only one present at a meeting at Basara restaurant.
Other members of House Commission III were also present, including Golkar politicians Aziz Syamsuddin and Bambang Soesatyo, Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (P-DIP) politician Herman Herri and Desmond Junaidi Mahesa of the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra).
Ahmad Yani, of House Commission III believed Teddy and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) had been set up to testify against the lawmakers by an interested party. He refused to comment on who he thought that actor was.
Yani said Teddy's claims were inconsistent. Initially Teddy had stated the money was for several lawmakers – later changing his version of events saying the money had been for Nazaruddin.
Yani said the KPK therefore should not admit Teddy's statement to the court. "Teddy's statements kept changing and KPK still relied on them to bring this case to court – it was an 'ordered package,'?" Yani said on Friday.
Bambang Soesatyo, also from Commission III, said he was ready to be questioned by the KPK regarding Teddy's allegation.
"I am ready to be summoned at any time. [I'm] ready to provide information with regards to the allegation. I have been confronted with Teddy about that before. So, there's nothing new," Bambang said.
He added that KPK should play the recording and disclose evidence to make the case clear. "It were just claims. Let the KPK investigators trace whether or not this actually happened, whether or not I was involved. But I had no business with the boxes of money," Bambang insisted.