Former Managing Director Of Sarana Jaya Yoory Charged With Corruption Rp155.4 Billion

Former President Director of the Regional Public Company (Perumda) Pembangunan Sarana Jaya Yoory Corneles Pinontoan/ANTARA/Fath Putra Mulya.

JAKARTA - Former President Director (Director) of the Regional Public Company (Perumda) Pembangunan Sarana Jaya Yoory Corneles Pinontoan together with the President Director of PT Laguna Alamabadi Komarudin (deceased) was charged with enriching himself by around Rp155.5 billion.

"The actions of the defendant Yoory Corneles Pinontoan together with Komarudin (deceased), benefit themselves or others, namely Komarudin (deceased) in the amount of Rp. 155,495,600,000," said the Public Prosecutor (JPU) in a trial at the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court, reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, October 3.

Prosecutors also said Yoory and Komarudin had harmed state or regional finances of around Rp. 155.5 billion based on audit reports from the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP).

BPKP has calculated state financial losses for cases of alleged corruption in land acquisition in Ujung Menteng, Cakung, East Jakarta at Perumda Pembangunan Sarana Jaya for the 2018-2019 fiscal year or when Yoory served as Director of Perumda.

In the indictment, the Public Prosecutor said that Yoory did not comply with several provisions, including Article 68 paragraph (1), Article 92 paragraphs (1) and (2), and Article 93 paragraph (1) of Government Regulation Number 54 of 2017 concerning Regional Owned Enterprises (BUMD).

Then, Article 3, 4, and 5 of the Regulation of the Governor of DKI Jakarta Province Number 50 of 2019 concerning guidelines for the procurement of goods/services in BUMD, as well as Article 2 paragraph (1) and Article 3 of the Decree of the Governor of DKI Jakarta Number 96 of 2004 concerning the application of good governance practices to BUMD within the DKI Jakarta Government.

The actions of the defendant Yoory Corneles Pinontoan as regulated and threatened with crime in Article 3 jo. Article 18 of Law (UU) Number 31 of 1999 concerning the eradication of criminal acts of corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the eradication of criminal acts of corruption jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st Criminal Code, "said the prosecutor.

On the charges, Yoory and his legal advisers did not file a defense or exception. Met after the trial, one of Yoory's attorneys, Vio Rahmat, explained that his party would focus on the stage of the proof because he assessed that the object and legal process against his client were correct.

"If the exception is related to the authority of the judiciary, which is right. Because we see the object and the legal process is examined where it is appropriate, so we do not file an exception legal action, we immediately focus on the proof, legally we prove what the prosecutor has argued in the indictment," he said.

Previously on February 24, 2022, Yoory was sentenced to 6.5 years in prison plus a fine of Rp. 500 million, subsidiary to six months in prison. Yoory was proven to have committed corruption in land acquisition for the project "Hunian DP 0 Rupiah" in Munjul, East Jakarta, which cost the state Rp152.565 billion.