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Former SOE top executive named suspect in illegal levy probe
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Giant arm: Workers oversee a crane moving a container to a docking cargo ship at Tanjung Perak Port in Surabaya, East Java. Law enforcers have named former president of state-owned port operator Pelindo III, which manages Tanjung Perak, for his alleged involvement in the practices of charging illegal levies at the country's second largest port. (JP/Wahyoe Boediwardhana)
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olice have named former president director of state-owned port operator PT Pelindo III Djarwo Surjanto a suspect for his alleged involvement in the practice of charging illegal levies at Tanjung Perak Port in Surabaya, East Java.
Police investigators working under the government-sanctioned anti-illegal levy task force questioned Djarwo at Tanjung Perak Port Police headquarters on Thursday and named him a suspect in the case.
“But, he has yet to be arrested,” Djarwo’s lawyer, Sudiman Sidabukke, said on Friday, as quoted by tempo.co.
Sudiman said police investigators had questioned his client in his capacity as a commissioner of PT Terminal Petikemas Surabaya (PKS), a Pelindo III subsidiary in charge of providing container loading and unloading services at Tanjung Perak.
Earlier this month, the same task force, which works under the leadership of the National Police’s general supervision inspector (Irwasum), Comr. Gen. Dwi Priyatno, arrested Pelindo III operations and business development director Rahmat Satria for his alleged involvement in the persistent practice of charging illegal levies at Tanjung Perak, the country’s second-largest port.
Tanjung Perak Port Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Takdir Matanette said members of the task force had also searched Rahmat’s office, confiscating Rp 600 million (US$45,000) and documents.
Pelindo III operates in several provinces, namely East Java, Central Java, South Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, Bali, West Nusa Tenggara and East Nusa Tenggara. (hwa)
