Djoko Soegiarto Tjandra alias Joe Chan is a Chinese Indonesian businessman and corruption felon.
36 Facts About Djoko Tjandra
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Djoko Tjandra is married to Anna Boentaran and they have three daughters: Joanne Soegiarto Tjandranegara, Jocelyne Soegiarto Tjandra and Jovita Soegiarto Tjandra.
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When he was 17, Djoko Tjandra traveled to Irian Jaya, where in 1968 he opened a grocery store named Toko Sama-Sama in the provincial capital, Jayapura.
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Djoko Tjandra opened a distribution business in Melbourne in 1974.
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Djoko Tjandra was involved in the development of Mal Taman Anggrek, which was once the largest mall in Southeast Asia.
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On 11 February 1999, Djoko Tjandra attended a meeting at his Hotel Mulia in Jakarta to discuss efforts by Bank Bali to collect Rp904 billion owed by three banks taken over by the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency.
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Djoko Tjandra was present in his capacity as director of Era Giat Prima, a company which collected a commission of Rp546 billion for IBRA releasing the funds.
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Djoko Tjandra was detained on 29 September 1999 and later placed under house arrest.
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Djoko Tjandra went on trial at South Jakarta District Court on 9 February 2000, charged with corruption for "arranging and engaging in illegal transactions".
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Djoko Tjandra went back on trial in April 2000 and was acquitted on 28 August 2000.
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Judges said although the prosecutor's indictment of Djoko Tjandra's actions was proven legally, the action was not a criminal offense but a civil action.
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Djoko Tjandra visited Port Moresby on 27 February 2009 and was granted an APEC Business Travel Permit.
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On 4 May 2012, Djoko Tjandra received his first PNG passport.
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Djoko Tjandra changed his date of birth to 27 September 1963.
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Burhanuddin said Djoko Tjandra had been in Indonesia for the past three months.
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Justice Minister Yasonna Laoly said immigration data showed no record of Djoko Tjandra returning to Indonesia.
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Mahfud later said police informed him that Djoko Tjandra's name had been taken off Interpol's list of fugitives in 2014 because the Indonesian Attorney General's Office had never requested an extension.
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Djoko Tjandra managed to obtain an electronic identity card issued on 8 June 2020 by South Grogol Village in Kebayoran Lama, South Jakarta.
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Djoko Tjandra was issued with a new Indonesian passport on 23 June 2020.
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Djoko Tjandra was scheduled to appear at South Jakarta District Court on 7 July 2020 for his case review hearing, but he did not show up.
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Indonesian Immigration spokesman Arvin Gumilang insisted there was no record of Djoko Tjandra having flown to Malaysia.
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On 30 July 2020, Djoko Tjandra was arrested in Malaysia and sent back to Indonesia, after 11 years on the run.
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The money from Djoko Tjandra was described as a down-payment for arranging an acquittal from the Supreme Court, with the assistance of NasDem Party politician Andi Irfan Jaya.
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On 18 January 2021, Jakarta Anti-Corruption Court sentenced Andi to six years in jail for his role in the conspiracy to help Djoko Tjandra avoid jail time.
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The court on 27 October 2020 ruled the fee agreement was still valid and therefore Djoko Tjandra was obliged to pay the full amount.
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Djoko Tjandra was sentenced to four years and six months in jail and fined Rp100 million.
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State prosecutor Junaedi had earlier recommended Djoko Tjandra be jailed for four years and fined Rp100 million for giving bribes to civil servants or state officials in a criminal conspiracy involving corruption.
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Djoko Tjandra earlier said his actions were not a big problem because the payments had caused no state losses and were made in Malaysia, so there should be no domestic relationship to Indonesia.
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Djoko Tjandra claimed he was a victim of fraud perpetrated by Pinangki and another state prosecutor, Rahmat, who had convinced him to pay fees.
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Djoko Tjandra said he gave Andi Irfan Jaya $500,000 as a down-payment for a requested $1 million fee for Pinangki to secure a Supreme Court fatwa that would enable him to return to Indonesia without serving his 2 year jail sentence from 2009.
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Djoko Tjandra said the 2009 sentence was a violation of the Criminal Procedure Code and a miscarriage of justice, making him a victim of injustice and human rights violations.
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Djoko Tjandra claimed he canceled the action plan because he deemed it fraudulent.
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Djoko Tjandra told the court that former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak had advised him to contact Tommy Sumardi in order to help him to enter Indonesia to register his request for a review of his 2009 corruption conviction and jail sentence.
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Djoko Tjandra said Sumardi asked for a fee of Rp15 billion and they settled on a fee of Rp10 billion.
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Djoko Tjandra claimed he did not know that Tommy Sumardi would use the money to bribe police.
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Defense lawyer Susilo Ariwibowo on 12 April 2021 said Tjandra had filed an appeal against his conviction because the court had disregarded the defense's claim that the crime took place outside Indonesia, and that Djoko had canceled the plan to pay the Supreme Court after making a down-payment, and that he did not know Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte and Brigadier General Prasetijo Utomo because Tommy Sumadi never told him about them.