Not long after successfully revealing the bribery in the making of fake visa-on-arrival for the ship crew of PT Fujian Anda Oceanic Fisheries (the business partner of Tomy Winata’s PT Maritim Timur Jaya (MTJ)), the National Police’s Criminal Investigation Unit (Bareskrim), which was at the time led by the Commissioner-General (Pol) Budi Waseso (Buwas), investigated the office of MTJ and Fujian Anda in Tual, Southeast Maluku. Rumor spread that the 27 Bareskrim investigators handling the operation had acted arbitrarily. Later in September 2015, the Directorate of Specific Economic Crime applied for a search warrant to raid MTJ’s representative office in Artha Graha Building. The raid was canceled because Tomy Winata had reportedly reacted strongly against it. In his statement to Tempo, Tomy denied that he ever did so. MTJ’s legal counsel Desrizal, however, hinted at something else. What actually happened?To subscribe please click here
