Central Java Police Reveal Case Of Forgery Of Power Of Attorney

BATANG - The Central Java Regional Police have succeeded in uncovering a case of alleged forgery of a special letter as a recipient of a legal representative with the aim of slandering and defrauding residents.

Director of Investigation and General Crime of the Central Java Police Kombes Djuhandhani Rahardjo said that the suspect with the initials IP (45), a resident of Batang Regency, used his modus operandi to visit several parties who were litigating at the police by making a special power of attorney.

"Currently, the Batang Polres have carried out investigations and investigations, and raised the status of the perpetrator with the initials IP (44) as a suspect," he said in Batang, Thursday, February 3.

According to him, the suspect IP has also committed the same crime at a number of police stations, such as the Boyolali, Salatiga, and Batang Regency Police.

"The suspect, IP, has also been sentenced twice by the Klaten District Court for embezzlement cases," he said.

During 2020 to 2022, he said, the suspect IP had also filed a pretrial lawsuit to the police 16 times, eight times as a lawyer, and six times as a principle.

"However, in the 16 cases that were sued by the pretrial, most of them were not continued (the next process) because the person concerned was never present at the trial," he said.

As for the various problems raised by the person concerned in filing a pretrial lawsuit, the suspect IP did not follow Article 377 of the Criminal Procedure Code which includes pretrial lawsuits regarding arrest, detention, confiscation, compensation, and the Constitutional Court's decision.

"The suspect, who is a principal, has also sued for restoration of justice at the Boyolali Police once, the Batang Polres once, and the Salatiga Police 14 times," he said.

Batang Resort Police Chief AKBP Muhamad Irwan said that the case began with the presence of the suspect IP who claimed to be a principle as if he were the recipient of a power of attorney from someone who had undergone a case process at the Batang Police.

"However, when we were processing the case, the suspect IP sent a letter and came to the Batang Polres in October 2021. On this basis, we carried out the stages of fulfilling evidence for the investigation, collecting information, documents, motives, and further progressing to the process of investigation," he added.

The police chief said that the suspect IP committed a criminal act of allegedly falsifying power of attorney from someone to slander Budi Santosa that the victim received a bribe of IDR 50 million in a land dispute case.

"We are currently holding the suspect at the Batang Police Headquarters for further professional and procedural processes. We emphasize that there is no criminalization element, but the motive involved is to gain profit," he said.

The police chief added that the suspect would be subject to Article 263 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code, paragraph 2 junto Article 317 of the Criminal Code, and junto of Article 220 of the Criminal Code with a penalty of 6 years in prison.