Lunge of Budiman Saleh, CEO of BUMN PT PAL, arrested by KPK. Page all

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) appointed the President Director of PT PAL (Persero), Budiman Saleh, as a new suspect in the alleged case of corruption in PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PT DI). Budiman was charged as a suspect in the development of the case.

The case that caught Budiman was related to sales and marketing activities at PT DI. At the state-owned aircraft manufacturer, he has served as Director of Aerostructure, Director of Aircraft Integration and Director of Trade and Restructuring.

Based on his record, as quoted on the official PT PAL website, on Friday (10/23/2020), Budiman Saleh is an old face in a state company. His career as Managing Director of PT PAL began on April 3, 2017 or in the era of BUMN Minister Rini Soemarno.

The decision of his appointment is contained in a copy of the Decree of the Minister of Public Companies as the General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company (Persero) PT PAL Indonesia number SK-64 / MBU / 04/2017, regarding the Dismissal and Appointment of Board Members of Company Administration (Persero) PT PAL Indonesia.

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Budiman Saleh was registered as a graduate of the Department of Industrial Engineering at ITB and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Oregon State University, USA (Budiman Saleh profile).

Budiman Saleh’s shares

In the Budiman Saleh era, PT PAL aimed to export ships to various neighboring countries such as the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia. Other markets in which this Surabaya-based BUMN works are African countries.

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“This year it keeps moving forward. So this is really a process that is at the level of penetration. The results of penetration can only be seen from the business acquisition Y sales acquisitionin the next year, “he was quoted as saying on the news Kompas.comJanuary 22, 2018.

At the time, Budiman said he was optimistic about the PT PAL warship market. This is because several African and Southeast Asian countries are currently interested in their products.

“Very high. If we look at the quality, the price, the delivery time shows very good progress in PT PAL. In Malaysia we are targeting two ships. Thailand is targeting one ship. As for Senegal, Congo, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, I kind of forgot how many boats, “said Budiman Saleh.

During the Budiman Saleh era, PT PAL entered into a submarine construction cooperation contract with South Korea. For this project, PT PAL received an injection of PMN funds from the state budget amounting to Rp 1.3 billion in the 2021 draft state budget.

Previously, PT PAL also applied to the government for a capital injection of Rs 2.5 trillion, but only Rs 1.5 trillion was approved.

Chronology of the case

Reporting from Between, The KPK appointed PT PAL Indonesia (Persero) Chairman Director Budiman Saleh (BUS) as a new suspect in the development of a sales and marketing corruption case at PT Dirgantara Indonesia (DI) 2007-2017.

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Corruption Eradication Commission Corruption Eradication Deputy Karyoto during a press conference at the KPK building, Jakarta on Thursday, said that during the investigation process, the KPK was watching the unfolding facts to find allegations corruption involving other parties.

“After finding enough preliminary evidence, the KPK conducted an investigation and raised the status of the case to investigation and named the suspect on March 12, 2020, i.e. BUS,” Karyoto said.

Suspect Budiman is suspected of violating Article 2 or Article 3 of Law Number 31 of 1999 on the Eradication of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 in conjunction with Article 55 Paragraph (1) 1 of the Penal Code.

Earlier in that case, the KPK had also named two suspects, namely former PT DI CEO Budi Santoso and former PT DI sales division director Irzal Rinaldi Zailani.

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The two were tried immediately after the KPK submitted their files to the Bandung Corruption Court (Tipikor) on Monday (10/19/2020).

Budiman Saleh reportedly received a cash flow of Rs 686,185,000 in a sales and marketing corruption case at PT Dirgantara Indonesia in 2007-2017.

“From the results of the investigation so far, it is suspected that the suspect BUS received a flow of funds from the payment disbursement for the work of the fictitious sales partner amounting to Rp 686,185,000,” said Karyoto.

In case construction, it was explained that the Directors of PT DI for the period 2007-2010 held a meeting of the Board of Directors (BOD /Board of Directors) in late 2007 discussed and approved the use of sales partners (agencies) along with the partner compensation amount to provide funds to PT DI buyers (final user) to acquire a project.

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“The technical implementation of the activities of the sales partners is carried out by the related directorates without the approval of the BOD on the basis of the granting of power of the BOD to the relevant directorates,” said Karyoto.

Said an agreement or agreement to use a sales partner as a way to obtain special funds to donate final user continued by the directors for the period 2010-2017.

As a follow-up to the approval of the board of directors, the PT DI parties collaborated with Didi Laksamana as president and director of PT Abadi Sentosa Perkasa.

“In addition to the parties in five companies PT BTP (Bumiloka Tegar Perkasa), PT AMK (Angkasa Mitra Karya), PT ASP (Abadi Sentosa Perkasa) PT PMA (Penta Mitra Abadi) and PT NPB (Niaga Putra Bangsa) and Ferry Santosa Subrata as Chairman Director of PT SBU (Selaras Bangun Usaha) to become a sales partner, “he said.

Of the alleged illegal acts, he said, they resulted in state financial losses for PT DI of around Rp.202 billion and US $ 8.6 million, thus total state losses were estimated at Rp.315 billion.

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