Supreme Court Rejects Cassation Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte, Still Sentenced To 4 Years In Prison

JAKARTA - The Supreme Court rejected the cassation filed by former Head of the Division of International Relations Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte in the case of accepting bribes from the convict in the "cessie" corruption case of Bank Bali, Djoko Tjandra.

"The verdict, the prosecutor and the defendant have rejected it," said the Supreme Court's website, quoted by Antara, Thursday, November 4.

The cassation verdict was decided on November 3, 2021 by the panel of judges, Suhadi as chairman, with judges from the Eddy Army and Ansori.

With this decision, Napoleon still had to serve a sentence of 4 years in prison plus a fine of Rp. 100 million, subsidiary of 6 months in prison.

On March 10, 2021, the Jakarta Corruption Court (Tipikor) located at the Jakarta District Court stated that Napoleon Bonaparte was proven to have received bribes of 370 thousand US dollars (approximately Rp5.137 billion) and 200 thousand Singapore dollars (approximately Rp2.1 billion) from convicts. Djoko Tjandra's "cessie" Bank Bali corruption case.

A bribe was given through Djoko Tjandra's friend, businessman Tommy Sumardi, so that Napoleon Bonaparte would help in the process of removing Djoko Tjandra's name from the People's Wanted List (DPO) registered with the Directorate General of Immigration.

For this money, Napoleon also removed Djoko Tjandra's name from the Enhanced Cekal System (ECS) on the immigration information system (SIMKIM).

In connection with this case, a number of parties have been sentenced, namely the former Head of the Coordination and Supervision Bureau (Kakorwas) of the Civil Servant Investigator (PPNS) of the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency, Brigadier General Prasetijo Utomo, who was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison.

Djoko Tjandra was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison based on an appeal decision from the Jakarta High Court from 4.5 years in prison

Then Pinangki Prosecutor Sirna Malasari was sentenced to 4 years in prison based on an appeal decision from the Jakarta High Court from 10 years in prison and Andi Irfan Jaya who is Pinangki's colleague was sentenced to 6 years in prison.