Corruption Judge Sentence AKBP Bambang Kayun 6 Years In Prison Fines Rp. 200 Million

Head of the Criminal and Human Rights Application Subdivision for Legal Application of the Legal Aid Bureau of the Police Legal Division in 2013-2018 AKBP Bambang Kayun was met after the trial of reading the verdict at the Jakarta Corruption Court, Monday (4/9/2023). (ANTARA/Fath Putra Mulya

JAKARTA - The panel of judges at the Jakarta Corruption Court sentenced the Head of the Criminal Implementation Subdivision and Human Rights Section for the Legal Application of the Legal Aid Bureau of the Legal Division of the National Police's Legal Division in 2013-2018 AKBP Bambang Kayun. The judge also sentenced Bambang Kayun to a fine of Rp. 200 million, subsidiary to four months in prison. "The defendant Bambang Kayun Panji Sugiharto has been sentenced to six years in prison and a fine of Rp. 200 million, provided that if the fine is not paid, it will be replaced with imprisonment for four months," said Chief Judge Sri Hartati in a trial at the Jakarta Corruption Court, quoted from Antara, Monday, September 4. The panel of judges stated that Bambang Kayun was proven to have violated Article 12 a of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31 of 1999 as amended and added to Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 64 Paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code. "Declaring that the defendant Bambang Kayun Panji Sugiharto has been legally and convincingly proven guilty of committing a criminal act of corruption as indicted by the first public prosecutor," said Sri. To the defendant, the judge also sentenced him to pay a replacement money of Rp. 26.4 billion, a subsidiary of one year in prison. Met after the trial, Bambang Kayun said he would still think about filing an appeal first. "I'm still thinking about it, but I don't think there is a need for an appeal earlier. I've prostrated my gratitude, that's the decision," he said. The verdict of the panel of judges was lighter than the demands submitted by the public prosecutor (JPU) of the Corruption Eradication Commission. Previously, at the trial on Thursday, August 10, 2023, the Public Prosecutor demanded that Bambang Kayun be sentenced to 10 years in prison plus a fine of Rp. 300 million, subsidiary to eight months in prison because he was found guilty of accepting bribes worth Rp. 57,126 billion. Bambang Kayun is also required to pay a replacement money of IDR 57,126,300,000 subsidiary five years in prison. In this case, Bambang Kayun was charged with accepting bribes worth Rp. 57.1 billion to carry out case management at the National Police Headquarters. The purpose of giving the bribe was to help Emylia Said and Herwansyah, both of whom are currently on the Bareskrim Polri wanted list (DPO), in handling general criminal cases at the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police Headquarters, namely discriminating the investigation process and processing of legal protection letters.

In addition to receiving money worth a total of Rp1.66 billion and a Toyota Fortuner car worth Rp476.3 million, Bambang also received money from PT Aria Citra Mulia, PT Eminence Martime Indonesia and PT Maju Maritim Indonesia, which are affiliated companies with Emylia Said and Herwansyah via transfer on behalf of Yayanti (close friends of Bambang) 28 transactions during the 2016 to 2021 period worth a total of Rp55.15 billion.