Alleged Corruption, Rekatama Ceases Operation

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VIVAnews – Due to alleged corruption case related to the access fee to the legal entities administration system (sisminbakum), PT Sarana Rekatama Dinamika has no choice but to cease operation. All operations officially stop as of today, Tuesday, Jan. 6.

“As of tomorrow (Tuesday) operation will stop because the Attorney General’s Office has confiscated equipments,” said Hotma Sitompoel, legal representative of PT Rekatama to VIVAnews, Monday, Jan. 5.

When asked about the fate of the sisminbakum server, Sitompoel said that there is nothing the company can do. “Well what can we do, it’s been confiscated. If we take it back, we would be going against the law,” said Sitompoel.

Previously, in his press release, Sitompoel had said that not only equipments were confiscated, but the company’s account has also been blocked. As a result, the company is unable to pay its bills, such as operational costs of the sisminbakum hardware, service providers, electricity, and employees’ salaries.

Sitompoel added that with PT Rekatama ceasing its operation of sisminbakum, the entire sisminbakum services will be handed over to the Directorate General of Public Law Administration of the Department of Justice and Human Rights.

The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) is currently investigating alleged corruption case relating to the access fee to the legal entities administration system. It has been estimated that the alleged corruption has cost the state Rp 400 billion (US$36.6 million) from funds taken from the public in the form of non-tax state revenues that was not paid to the state.

Aside from President Director of PT Rekatama, Yohanes Waworuntu, the AGO has also determined as suspects three former General Directors of the Public Law Administration of the Department of Justice and Human Rights, namely Romli Atmasasmita, Zulkarnaen Yunus, dan Syamsuddin Manan Sinaga. Former head of the Department’s Cooperative, Ali Amran, has also been named suspect.

Sisminbakum is a project under the Department of Justice and Human Rights, concerning the application of the internet to establish and modify legal entities. The system is used for legalizing company deeds, approving modified statutes of limited liability companies, and fulfilling other requests that are within the ambits of the Directorate General of Public Law Administration's Decree.

The AGO found out that not all of the access fees went into the state treasury. Instead it went into the account of PT Rektatama at Danamon Bank’s Sudirman branch. PT Rekatama itself is the private partner of sisminbakum.

Translated by: Ramona Sofianne Dewi Sasradipoera