Judge Alfis Netiawan asked why sugar distribution is so more complicated and indirect for the community.
“This is for the community, right. For the people of Indonesia, why the plot. Why did he not become simple so that he was right on the target, sir? ” Judge Alfis asked Lieutenant Colonel of the Cheka. Sipayung, the former head of the legal and security of the parent, Kartika Cooperative (Inkopkar).
Sipayung, who was one of the witnesses at the trial, claimed that he did not know the reason for the complexity of the distribution flow.
“I can only answer what I experienced, what I know,” Sipayung said.
Responding to the complexity of the distribution flow, the legal team of Tom Lembon suggested that the TNI General (Ret.) Moeldoko and Gita Wirjawan, Minister of Trade for the period 2011-2014, were presented as witnesses.
According to Ari Yusuf Amir, the legal adviser to Tom Lembon, it is important to disclose the distribution agreement and the appointment of sugar importers signed by Moerdoko and Gita Virian in 2013, long before Tom Lembong left.
This proposal is aimed at identifying chronology and key participants in imports and distribution of sugar, which, as it is believed, took place before Tom Lembong served as the Minister of Trade.
