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Djoko's younger wives are a no-show at graft trial
The two younger wives of former National Police Traffic Corps (Korlantas) chief Insp
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he two younger wives of former National Police Traffic Corps (Korlantas) chief Insp. Gen. Djoko Susilo failed on Friday to show up to testify at their husband's trial at the Jakarta Corruption Court in Kuningan, South Jakarta, where he is charged with corruption and money laundering.
Djoko's second and third wives, Mahdiana and teen pageant queen Dipta Anindita, were scheduled to give testimony regarding Djoko's assets, allegedly purchased with illicit money, together with Dipta's father, Djoko Waskito, and Djoko's daughter, Eva Susilo Handayani.
But when presiding judge Suhartoyo did a roll call for the 12 witnesses who were due in court, neither Mahdiana and Dipta nor Waskito and Eva were anywhere to be found.
Djoko had previously refused to have his younger wives testify at his graft trial, insisting that his marriages were his private business and that he was afraid his wives would be put under too much psychological pressure.
The names of the four absent witnesses had been mentioned in Djoko's indictment as being used by him to hide his allegedly ill-gotten wealth, such as purchasing houses and land in their names.
So far, the trial has revealed that Djoko took extra steps to ensure that law enforcers could not trace his immense wealth.
For example, he bought a gas-filling station on Jl. Kapuk Raya No. 36 in Penjaringan, North Jakarta, which was previously owned by Soekirno and his wife, Nurul Aini Soekirno, in October 2010.
Soekirno said during his testimony on Friday that Djoko used a middleman to buy the gas station via a complicated process. 'Someone named Eddy Budi Susanto came to my house in October 2010 to ask about the gas station,' he said.
Eddy Busi Susanto is a director at PT Kestrelindo Aviatikara, the company that manages the gas station.
Eddy, however, declined to reveal the identity of the man who wanted to buy the station, saying that he was only acting as a middleman, Soekirno said. 'After I sold the station, it turned out that the buyer was Djoko Waskito. I knew that only after I received the sale certificate,' he added.
The gas station was sold for Rp 11.5 billion (US$1.1 million), Soekirno said, of which Rp 250 million was given as a fee to Eddy as the sale's broker.
