Police With The Rank Of AKP Sued 5 Years In Prison In The Case Of Embezzlement Of North Sumatra Police Primkop Funds Rp3.7 Billion

AKP Hapis Paisal Lubis listened to the reading of the charges at the Medan District Court, North Sumatra, Monday (18/9/2023). (ANTARA/HO-MSN)

The public prosecutor of the North Sumatra High Prosecutor's Office has charged police officer AKP Hapis Paisal Lubis with five years in prison in the case of embezzlement of the Primary Fund for the Police Cooperative (PRIkoppol) of the North Sumatra Police Mobile Brigade Unit worth Rp3.7 billion.

"Asking the panel of judges to sentence the defendant Hapis Paisal Lubis to five years in prison," said North Sumatra Prosecutor's Office Felix Frianta Ginting at a hearing at the Medan District Court, North Sumatra, quoted by ANTARA, Monday, September 18.

The prosecutor said that the defendant Hapis Paisal Lubis violated Article 374 of the Criminal Code, namely embezzlement by people whose control of goods is due to a work relationship or because of a search or because of getting wages for it.

"The aggravating thing is that the defendant is convoluted in giving testimony at the trial and tarnishing the police institution. While there are no mitigating factors," said Felix.

After the North Sumatra Prosecutor's Office read out the memorandum of demand, the panel of judges chaired by Lucas Sahabat Duha continued the trial with a plea agenda scheduled for next week.

In the indictment, it was revealed that AKP Hapis Paesal Lubis submitted a bank account with a bank stamp logo with a value of Rp. 4 billion.

The defendant collaborated with a third party to use the North Sumatra Police Mobile Brigade Primkoppol cash without the approval of members or supervisors, including cooperation with convection parties worth Rp1.8 billion.

In addition, cooperation with a person named Heri for inheritance land management capital in Sukapeace Village, Polonia Medan, is worth IDR 210 million, then cooperation with Darmansyah Sitepu is worth IDR 240 million.

Then the cooperation with Arifin as the land administrator in Marelan was worth Rp250 million and the defendant also invested in fish livestock worth Rp120 million.

The auditor found that the losses suffered by the North Sumatra Police Mobile Brigade Primkoppol were due to the actions committed by the defendant from 2019 to 2022 amounting to Rp3.7 billion.