Six years has gone by since the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) announced that they had named the President Director of PT Diratama Jaya Mandiri, 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. Irfan finally stands trial as a defendant in Oct. 12, 2022. What we need to note is 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. Until the latest hearing held this week, KPK attempts to summon the military officers to testify always failed and enraged the judges. There’s a visible pattern here.

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