Almost six years has gone by since the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) announced that they had named the President Director of PT Diratama Jaya Mandiri one Irfan Kurnia Saleh a graft suspect in a supposedly problematic procurement of AgustaWestland helicopter. Irfan tried to challenge the KPK’s decision in a pre-trial lawsuit, but failed. The docket of the case, however, has yet to be expedited to the stage of prosecution until last week. Irfan finally stands trial as a defendant on Oct. 12, 2022. Nothe that the Air Force, despite having named suspects in the same case, decided to terminate its investigation and inquisition process towards the end of 2021.

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