Denny Indrayana meet police calls



JAKARTA, [IFN] - Former Deputy Minister of Justice and Human Rights, Denny Indrayana, meet investigators, call the Police Criminal Investigation Department for tests as suspects in the alleged corruption in the implementation of electronic passports payment program.

"I meet investigators invitation to attend as a suspect in the first call," said Denny, who arrived at the Police Headquarters, Friday, around 13.45 pm along with nine legal counsel.

"I pray on a good day, Friday blessed, I hope my explanation to the questions can reveal problems related to payment of electronic passports are basically to improve public services," he said. On Tuesday (24/3) night, police set Denny as a suspect in a case of alleged corruption.

Denny Indrayana's attorney, Heru Widodo, said Rp605 million fund is touted as illegal charges in the case of the electronic passport payment is the official cost of banking.

"About the info any extortion amount of Rp605 million was not appropriate because the program is precisely aimed at eliminating the payment gateway of extortion and brokers passport. Rp5 per the official cost of banking transactions and not extortion," he added.

According to him, the cost of Rp 5 thousand per transaction passport is not something that is required because if the applicant chooses transactions manually at the counter then they will not be subject to the fee.

He also denied the existence of state losses of more than Rp32 billion due to corruption allegations. "There is absolutely no loss of state. Because the truth is that number, according to the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK), dated December 30, 2014, it was not a loss to the state," he said.

The funds, continued Heru, the value of Non-Tax Revenues (non-tax) paid to the state of the passport.

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