Prosecutors Demand Former Head Of UPTD PUPRKim Bali 15 Years In Prison

Former Head Of UPTD PAM Public Works And Spatial Planning For Housing And Settlement Areas Of Bali Province Raden Agung Sumarsetiono/ANTARA/Rolandus Numpu

The Bali High Prosecutor's Office (JPU) has demanded that the former Head of UPTD PAM of the Bali Province Public Works and Spatial Planning and Settlement Areas (PUPRKim) Raden Agung Sumarsetiono be sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Prosecutor Ni Wayan Yusmawati, in a lawsuit read out at the Denpasar Corruption Court, Bali, stated that the defendant Raden Agung Sumarsetiono had been legally and convincingly proven guilty of committing a criminal act of corruption which caused state losses of Rp. 23.9 billion.

"The defendant R. Agung Sumarsetiono was sentenced to 15 years in prison, reduced while the defendant was in detention with an order that the defendant should remain detained," said the prosecutor as quoted by ANTARA, Friday, October 27.

In the indictment, the prosecutor also imposed a fine on the defendant Raden Agung Sumarsetiono of Rp. 500 million, subsidiary to six months in prison.

In addition, the Public Prosecutor demanded additional punishment from the defendant R. Agung Sumarsetiono to pay compensation of Rp. 23,851,476,794 with the condition that if the defendant does not pay replacement money no later than one month after the court's decision obtains permanent legal force, then his property can be confiscated by the prosecutor and auctioned to cover the replacement money.

"In the event that the defendant does not have sufficient assets to pay the replacement money, he will be replaced with imprisonment for seven years and six months," said the prosecutor.

The prosecutor charged the defendant RAS with multiple articles, namely the first prime Article 2 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 18 paragraph (1) letters a and b of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law no. 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law no. 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code jo. Article 65 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.

The second indictment, Article 12 letter e jo. Article 18 paragraph (1) letters a and b, Article 12 letter i jo. Article 18 paragraph (1) letters a and b of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law no. 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law no. 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption.

The panel of judges chaired by Gede Putra Atmaja gave the defendant RAS and his attorney a week to submit a memorandum of defense. The exception reading session will also be held on Friday, November 3, 2023.

Previously, Public Prosecutor I Wayan Genip and his friends in the indictment stated that the defendant RAS together with witness Made Ardikosa Satrya Wibawa between 2018 and 2020 had made an accountability for procurement of goods and services that were not actual (fictitious).

In the fictitious report, the RAS defendant used the name of the CV company. Nusada Karya owned by witness I Wayan Kawedana, CV Prasada Utama owned by witnesses I Gede Kosala Putra and CV Berlya Jaya owned by witness I Made Dwika Arjana in the procurement of goods and water network maintenance activities at the Drinking Water Supply System (SPAM) as well as using the name CV Mitra Abadi Teknik owned by witness Ketut Rasmita for job clothing shopping activities, at the UPT PAM PUPR Service/UPTD PAM Bali Provincial PUPRKIM) 2018 until 2020.

The defendant made it look as if the company had been working on the procurement of goods and services even though the company had never worked on it.

The defendant also committed acts of enriching himself or other people or a corporation so that it was considered to be detrimental to state finances or the state economy amounting to Rp. 18,354,209,094.

In 2018 to 2020, in the procurement of goods/services, namely water network maintenance activities at the Drinking Water Supply System (SPAM) at the UPT PAM PUPR Service/UPTD PAM Bali Provincial PUPRKIM Service, the defendant as the head of the BLUD UPT PAM PUPR Service/UPTD PAM Bali Provincial PUPRKIM Service who was supposed to appoint providers to carry out these activities, but the defendant did not appoint providers but the defendant ordered employees at the Petanu Drinking Water Supply System (SPAM) and Penet to do the work.

Then for the disbursement of the budget for water network maintenance work at SPAM Petanu and Penet, the defendant borrowed several companies, namely CV. Nusada Karya and CV Prasada Utama used as if the company had been working on the procurement of goods/services to maintain water networks.

Even though these companies have never made offers and carried out or carried out the activity in question.

In addition to borrowing several companies themselves, the defendant has also ordered Made Ardikosa Satrya Wibawa to borrow the company to make accountability for several jobs that have never been carried out by these companies.