State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Minister Erick Thohir will also review the airline’s board of directors and commission members to prevent similar incidents occurring in the future.
tate-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Minister Erick Thohir has said he will dismiss national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia president director Ari Askhara following the discovery of a smuggled Harley-Davidson motorcycle and upmarket bicycles on board a new Airbus A330-900 being delivered from France.
He will also review the airline’s board of directors and commission members to prevent similar incidents occurring in the fuature.
“I will dismiss the Garuda president director and the process will be in accordance with regulated procedures,” Erick told a joint press conference with Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati in Jakarta on Thursday.
The dismissal will have to be approved in an extraordinary shareholders meeting (RUPSLB) as Garuda is a publicly listed company. In the meantime, Erick will appoint an acting president director, whose name is yet to be disclosed.
“I call on individuals, who are also involved in this case, to resign from their positions before they are dishonorably discharged,” said Erick.
Shares of Garuda Indonesia, listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange under the ticker GIAA, fell 0.8 percent on Thursday.
Officers from the Finance Ministry’s Customs and Excise Directorate General found the high-end contraband loaded on the brand new airplane after its maiden flight from France landed at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten, last month.
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