The former President Director of PT PLN (Persero) Sofyan Basir, who was recently named suspect by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), filed a pre-trial challenging the KPK’s decision. The first hearing was held on May 20, 2019, but as usual, the KPK asked for a postponement of the trial, and the request was granted. Last week, we learned that Sofyan decided to withdraw the lawsuit. That’s not surprising, honestly. What’s surprising is the news that the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) had summoned Sofyan to be examined as a witness in the investigation into the case of alleged corruption related to the Marine Vessels Power Plant (MVPP). Rumors of fraud related to the project had been circulating for years now, and the AGO had previously stated that the procurement did not cause State losses. So why are they investigating this time?
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