Former Kasatpol PP Siak Sentenced To One Year In Prison Proposal Case Asking For Donations To Palm Oil Entrepreneurs For Football Tournaments

SIAK - The Panel of Judges at the Corruption Court at the Pekanbaru District Court (PN), Riau sentenced the former Head of the Civil Service Police Unit (Kasatpol) of Siak Regency, Hendy Derhavin, to one year in prison for corruption cases through illegal levies.

In the trial of reading the verdict by the panel of judges chaired by Iwan Irawan, Hendy was found guilty. Likewise, two of his subordinates, Iskandar and Novrizal, were also prisoners in the case.

"Yesterday, three defendants had heard the verdict of the Corruption Court Panel of Judges at the Pekanbaru District Court on the alleged extortion corruption case committed," said Head of the Siak Prosecutor's Office (Kajari), Tri Anggoro Mukti through the Head of Section (Kasi) of Manik Care Intelligence accompanied by the Head of Special Crimes (Pidsus) Huda Hazamal (Heidy) reported by ANTARA, Thursday, November 16.

The judge on Wednesday (15/11) stated that the defendants had been proven to have violated the provisions of Article 12 letter e of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended and supplemented by Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 20 of 2001 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption, in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code.

This is the same as the article applied by the Prosecutor (JPU) in his claim. However, the judge handed down a different verdict from the demands.

"The defendant Hendy Derhavin was sentenced to one year in prison and a fine of Rp. 50 million, subsidiary to one month in prison. The same sentence was also read out by the panel of judges for the defendants Iskandar and Novrizal," said the Hospitalization.

Previously, the Public Prosecutor demanded that Hendy Derhavin be sentenced to 4.5 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 400 million, subsidiary to 4 months in prison. Meanwhile, the defendants Iskandar and Novrizal were sentenced to 4 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 100 million each, subsidiary to four months in prison.

"Based on the judge's decision, the Public Prosecutor will study the decision to determine the attitude," said the Head of Intelligence.

The acts of corruption committed by the defendants began in early April 2023. The defendant learned of the holding of a soccer tournament between the Cup agencies for the Chairperson of the Siak Regency DPRD. The tournament was held on May 1, 2023.

Furthermore, the defendant Hendy Derhavin as Kasatpol PP approved the institution's participation in the tournament. Furthermore, through witness Subandi, he signed a proposal for fundraising.

At that time, he asked Subandi to submit proposals to Iskandar and Novrizal. Then ordered to ask for donations to entrepreneurs and palm oil platforms.

Not only palm oil entrepreneurs, but the defendants Iskandar and Novrizal also with the proposal asked business owners, daily shop owners in Siak. The results asked for proposal funds by the two defendants from April 8 - April 13, 2023, which collected Rp9,190,000.