Corruption Of The Iron Sand Mine, Head Of The East Lombok AMG Branch Sentenced To 13 Years In Prison

The panel of judges at the Mataram District Court (PN) sentenced the Head of the East Lombok PT Anugrah Mitra Graha (AMG) Branch, West Nusa Tenggara, Rinus Adam Wakum, who was accused of corruption in the iron sand mine in the Dedalpak Block.

"The defendant Rinus Adam Wakum has been sentenced to 13 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 650 million, subsidiary to 6 months in prison," said the head of the panel of judges at the Corruption Court at the Mataram District Court, Isrin Surya Kurniasih, as reported by ANTARA, Friday, January 5.

When reading the verdict for Rinus Adam Wakum's sentence, apart from the main sentence, the judge also charged the defendant to pay compensation for state financial losses worth Rp. 8.2 billion, subsidiary to 5 years in prison.

The determination of this replacement money refers to the results of the NTB BPKP audit which released state financial losses of Rp36.4 billion. The replacement money charged to the defendant was lower than the prosecutor's demand of Rp18.7 billion.

In considering the decision, the judge said that there was a Chinese citizen named Deng Yao Hong who was revealed to have received part of the profit from selling iron sand amounting to Rp10.4 billion.

However, this was revealed in the facts of the trial, not included in the description of the verdict of the panel of judges.

Instead, the judge continued to read out the verdict by determining that the defendant should remain in custody.

The judge conveyed this decision by stating that the defendant's actions as Director of PT AMG violated Article 2 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law no. 20 of 2001 jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) 1 of the Criminal Code in accordance with the first indictment of the primary public prosecutor.

In the verdict, the judge declared the defendant as Head of the Branch of PT AMG East Lombok, also enjoying the profit of selling iron sand mining activities in the Dedalpak Block which will run in 2021 and 2022 without obtaining approval from the planned activity and budget (RKAB) from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.