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PGN director suspended over corruption charges
State gas distributor PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN) has suspended Djoko Pramono, the director for general affairs and human resources development, for his alleged role in cases of corruption and bribery
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tate gas distributor PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (PGN) has suspended Djoko Pramono, the director for general affairs and human resources development, for his alleged role in cases of corruption
and bribery.
“PGN commissioners have suspended Djoko Pramono starting May 21,” PGN corporate secretary Wahid Sutopo said quoted by detik.com.
He said PGN commissioners had issued a letter suspending Djoko, who had been non-active since January 2010 when the corruption eradication commission (KPK) began the investigation into his alleged involvement in the corruption and bribery case also involving PGN’s former president director Washington Mampe Parulian Simanjuntak.
According to Wahid, the commissioners will propose for the dismissal of Djoko in the company’s shareholders meeting, which will be held on June 17. “Finance director Riza Fahlevi will be temporarily take over Djoko’s job,” Wahid told The Jakarta Post.
Djoko has been accused of being involved in graft when he was finance director under Washington’s leadership. During Washington’s trial in June, last year, Djoko testified he had received Rp 1.55 billion from the PGN office in East Java in 2003 to bribe several members of House of Representatives legislators to help the company get the House approval for its initial public offering (IPO).
During the trial, Djoko also said part of the money was given to Washington, who was recently sentenced by the Corruption Court to three-and-a-half years in jail for extortion and bribery in 2003.
In December 2007, Washington and several employees of PGN were fined by the Capital Market Supervisory and Financial Institutions Supervisory Agency (Bapepam-LK) for their involvement in insider trading.
Washington was ordered to pay Rp 2.3 billion in fines, while eight other PGN officials received fines totaling Rp 848 million.
