The Indonesian government said Thursday that the head of national carrier PT Garuda Indonesia will be fired over his alleged involvement in the smuggling of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle into
"I will fire the Garuda CEO," State-owned Enterprises Minister
"But because it's a public company, the process of his dismissal must pass through some procedures," he added.
The undeclared cargo was reportedly carried onboard a brand new Airbus A330-900 that departed
It landed
In the same press conference, Finance Minister Sri
He said the parts were found in 15 boxes with claim tags under the name of Garuda's aircraft senior manager Satyo Adhi Swandhono, while the bicycles carried a name tag of Lokadita Sedimesa Brahmana, a board member who was also on the flight.
"The market price of a Harley is between 200 million and
Heru Pambudi, director general for customs and excise, said, however, the vintage Harley made in the 1970s, which is similar to one owned by rock-and-roll king
He said that based on an investigation by the
Sri Mulyani said the aircraft senior manager was about
"He told (customs officials) that he had bought the Harley off eBay, but when we checked his eBay account, there was no contact between the manager and the vendor of the motorcycle," the finance minister said.
According to Thohir, Ashkara transferred some amount of money to an unidentified Garuda finance manager in
"This is saddening, this process fully involved the executives of a company, not just individuals. I'm very sad," the minister said.
==Kyodo
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