Corruption Court Judge Sentences Three SKEBP Corruption Defendants

JAKARTA - The Panel of Judges at the Corruption Court (Tipikor) of the Central Jakarta District Court (PN) handed down a verdict to three defendants in the corruption case of the beef and crab export credit (SKEBP) scheme at PT Surveyor Indonesia. The three defendants are former Director of Operations of PT Surveyor Indonesia Bambang Isworo, former President Director of PT Synerga Tata Internasional Lukmanul Hakim Lubis, and former Head of the Institutional Institution Strengthening Business Sector of PT Surveyor Indonesia Anjar Niryawan.

In the decision of Bambang Isworo's trial, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 1 billion, provided that if the fine was not paid, it was replaced with imprisonment for one year. Bambang was also sentenced to additional punishment for paying compensation in the cattle SKEBP case amounting to 10,202,585.05 US dollars; 2,433,934.24 Singapore dollars; and Rp55,177,770.96 and in the case of the Rajungan SKEBP amounting to 1,512,274.56 US dollars.

Furthermore, against Lukmanul Hakim Lubis, the panel of judges sentenced him to five years in prison and a fine of Rp. 1 billion, subsidiary to one year in prison. Meanwhile, Anjar Niryawan was sentenced to four years in prison and a fine of Rp. 1 billion, a subsidiary of one year.

The panel stated that he was legally and convincingly proven guilty of committing a criminal act of participating in a criminal act of corruption. In addition, Anjar was sentenced to an additional penalty to pay compensation to the state amounting to Rp47,083,924.

During the 2016-2018 period, the three defendants worked together to realize the beef and feeder SKEBP activities that did not meet the Company's provisions by making PT Surveyor Indonesia a guarantor (guarantor) for bills to Rabobank Singapore (SKEBP Sapi) and DBS Singapore (SKEBP Rajungan) for business activities carried out by the suspects, resulting in state financial losses.

"As the reporting party in this case, PT Surveyor Indonesia respects the decision that has been determined by the Panel of Judges at the Corruption Court (Tipikor). This decision is considered positive after years of struggling to restore the good name of the company," said Corporate Secretary of PT Surveyor Indonesia, Widiani, who was present at the verdict hearing accompanied by legal counsel Hermawan and Partner, quoted Friday, October 6.

Widiani further explained that in the process that has been running so far, management has fully handed over the handling of this case to law enforcement officials and supported the progress of the process. This is in line with the BUMN cleaning program to implement healthy corporatization by implementing good corporate governance.

"Management has also strengthened the internal surveillance system to prevent abuse and other unlawful acts from occurring," he concluded.