US Citizen Defendant Of Satellite Corruption Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison

The trial of the decision of Thomas Anthony van der Hyeden, a citizen of the United States who became Senior Advisor of PT Dini Nusa Kusuma (DNK) for the 2015 period 2018)/ANTARA/Fath Putra Mulya)

JAKARTA - Thomas Anthony van der Hyeden, a citizen of the United States (US WN) who became Senior Advisor of PT Dini Nusa Kusuma (DNK) for the 2015 period (2018) was sentenced to 12 years in prison by the Panel of Judges at the Corruption Court (Tipikor) at the Central Jakarta District Court (PN).

Thomas Anthony was also sentenced to a fine of Rp. 500 million, provided that if the fine was not paid, it would be replaced with imprisonment for three months.

"Declaring that the defendant Thomas Anthony van der Hyeden has been legally and convincingly proven guilty of committing a criminal act of corruption together as in the primary indictment of the public prosecutor," said Chief Judge Fahzal Hendri as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, July 17.

The judge said the aggravating things were that the defendant did not assist the Indonesian government's program in preventing corruption, while the defendant was a foreign national who lives in Indonesia.

"The defendant did not feel guilty in this case," said Fahzal.

Meanwhile, mitigating factors are that the defendant has never been convicted and the defendant is cooperative and polite in the trial.

The verdict is lighter than the demands of the connectivity prosecutor. Previously, Friday (7/7), Thomas Anthony was sentenced to 18.5 years in prison plus a fine of Rp. 1 billion, subsidiary to imprisonment for 6 months.

Thomas Anthony van der Hyeden was also charged with additional penalties for paying compensation of Rp90,618,811,908,135.00, subsidiary of 9 years and 3 months in prison.

Thomas Anthony is a defendant in the corruption case in the procurement of the 123 degrees East Longitude (BT) Slot Orbit Satellite at the Ministry of Defense (Kemenhan) for 2012-2021.

He was charged together with the Director General of Defense Forces of the Indonesian Ministry of Defense for the period August 2012 "September 2016 Admiral TNI Retired. Agus Purwoto, Arifin Wiguna as President Commissioner of PT DNK, and Surya Cipta Witoelar as Technology Consultant of PT DNK 2015 2016 and President Director of PT DNKPeriode 20162020.

The four defendants were deemed to have resulted in state financial losses of Rp453,094,059,540.68 based on the Audit Results Report on the Calculation of State Financial Losses on the Case of Alleged Corruption in the Orbit Slot Satellite Procurement Project 123 degrees BT Ministry of Defense in 2012 2021 by the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP) Number: PE.03.03/SR-607/D5/02/2022 on August 12, 2022.