MatahariMall Chairman named suspect in Rolls Royce bribery investigation
The case is related to bribery allegations during his time at Garuda
MatahariMall Chairman Emirsyah Satar is on the left
MatahariMall Chairman Emirsyah Satar has been named a suspect in multinational bribery case, according to a statement from Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission.
The bribery is reported to have happened during his tenure as CEO of Garuda. The Corruption Eradication Commission went out of their way to say the case is against and individual and not the company.
Satar was named as one of the two suspects in a bribery case involving British automaker Rolls Royce. The other suspect was Soetikno Soedarjo, the Founder and CEO of the holding company Mugi Rekso Abadi.
The statement read:
“In the development of the investigation of alleged corruption giving / receiving gifts or pledges together and continues related to the procurement of aircraft and aircraft engines from Airbus SAS and Rolls-Royce PLC on PT. Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) found preliminary evidence sufficient to raise the status of the case to the prosecution and set two (2) persons as suspects.”
Rolls Royce has been embroiled in a global bribery scandal and paid a US$830 million fine to British, US and Brazilian authorities.
The announcement was made after KPK conducted raids at several locations in Jakarta, including the head office of Garuda Indonesia.
According to KPK spokesperson, Febri Dian, the institution noted “indication of cross-border bribery” at the value of “[millions of] US Dollars.”
The case came to light after Rolls Royce admitted the allegation made by the UK’s Serious Fraud Office. The allegation detailed that Rolls Royce gave US$2.5 million and a Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit to “an individual” to amend Rolls-Royce’s Trent 700 jet procurement contract with Garuda Indonesia.
In a statement issued to CNN Indonesia, Benny S Butarbutar described the bribery case as the actions of an individual and is not reflective of the company.
“As a public company, we already have a mechanism in all business activities, ranging from systems implementation GCG is applied strictly to transparency of information,” he said.
e27 has reached out to MatahariMall for a statement.
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