Corruption Court Judge Orders Hery Hidayat's Land, Apartment, And Car Seizure

JAKARTA - The judges of the Jakarta Corruption Court (Tipikor) ordered the confiscation of assets belonging to the President Commissioner of PT Trada Alam Minera Heru Hidayat who was proven guilty of corruption in the management of PT. Asabri (Persero) and the crime of money laundering. The additional payment will be in the form of payment of this amount," said Chief Justice Ignatius Eko Purwanto at the Corruption Court (Tipikor), Tuesday (18/1).

In this case, Heru Hidayat was sentenced to zero imprisonment and an obligation to pay compensation of Rp. 12,643 trillion. A number of items that the judges were obliged to confiscate for the state because they originate from criminal acts of corruption must be confiscated for the state, namely: 1. One apartment unit No. 85 with an area of 180 square meters in Pakubuwono View, Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta.2. One plot of land and building covering an area of 75 square meters on Jalan Army Pelajar, Kebayoran Lama, Jakarta under the name of PT Nusa Puri Niraba.3. One plot of land with an area of 16,813 square meters in Kepincut Village, Belitung Regency, Bangka Belitung Province on behalf of PT. A Thousand Tropical Islands.4. One unit of Lexus brand car type RX200T F-Sport 4x4 AT year of manufacture 2017 black color.5. One unit of a Ferrari Berlinetta type, along with the documents that have been submitted to Asabri by Heru Hidayat.6. Evidence in the form of shares related to Heru Hidayat or other parties obtained at the time and after the crime was committed.7. Seven plots of land belonging to Tan Drama in Mentigi Village, Bangka Belitung Province.8. Two parcels of land in the name of PT Seribu Pulau Tropika covering an area of 243 square meters. However, the panel of judges ordered a number of assets related to Heru Hidayat, namely 18 ships, four limited liability companies, and land and buildings to be returned to Heru Hidayat because it was deemed not to have originated from a criminal act. The General Prosecutor (JPU) of the Attorney General's Office filed a demand for the death penalty against Heru Hidayat, but the panel of judges consisting of Ignatius Eko Purwanto, Saifuddin Zuhri, Rosmina, Ali Muhtarom and Mulyono Dwi Purwanto rejected the request. first, the judge considered that the prosecutor was demanding outside the articles indicted because the charges were only article 2 paragraph 1 of the Anti-Corruption Law and article 3 of Law 8 of 2010 concerning the Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering. Meanwhile, the threat of the death penalty is contained in Article 2 paragraph 2 of the Anti-Corruption Law. The second reason is that the Public Prosecutor is considered unable to prove certain conditions for the use of funds by the defendant when committing a criminal act of corruption. The Assembly assessed that Heru Hidayat's corrupt actions against PT Asabri carried out in 2012-2018 did not occur during a national natural disaster, repetition of corruption crimes and when the country experienced an economic and monetary crisis. repetition. Heru Hidayat has indeed been sentenced to life imprisonment in the PT Asuransi Jiwasraya corruption case on October 26, 2020 and was confirmed by the decision of the DKI Jakarta High Court and the Supreme Court which has permanent legal force. However, Heru Hidayat's corruption in PT Asabri cannot be categorized as Against this verdict, the Attorney General's Office stated that it would appeal. the arena of the judges' decision was impartial and had denied the sense of justice of the community which had been caused by the defendant with a huge state loss of around Rp. 39.5 trillion, namely the loss of PT. Asuransi Jiwasraya amounting to Rp. 16.7 trillion and losses of PT. Asabri amounting to Rp22.78 trillion," said the Head of the AGO, Leonard Eben Ezer.