Judge Rejects Kuncoro Wibowo's Exception In Bansos Corruption Case

JAKARTA - The panel of judges rejected the exception or objection note from the President Director of PT Bhanda Ghara Reksa (Persero) for the 2018-2021 period Muhammad Kuncoro Wibowo in the case of alleged corruption in rice social assistance (bansos) for Beneficiary Families of the Family Hope Program at the Ministry of Social Affairs in 2020-2021.

"Declaring that the memorandum of objection or exception of the defendant's legal counsel is declared unacceptable," said Chief Judge Djuyamto reading the interlocutory verdict at the Corruption Court (Tipikor) at the Central Jakarta District Court, Jakarta, as reported by ANTARA, Monday, February 12.

The panel of judges stated that all exceptions submitted by the defendant's legal counsel had entered the main case. This is because the truth about the facts proposed by the defendant in the exception needs to be proven in court.

"The truth about the facts submitted by the defendant's legal advisor must be proven in the examination of the case by presenting evidence in the form of statements from witnesses and statements from the defendant himself," said Djuyamto.

With the rejection of the exception, the trial continued with further examination of the case.

"To declare that the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court has the authority to try and examine the a quo case. Ordered the public prosecutor to continue the investigation in the case on behalf of the defendant Muhammad Kuncoro Wibowo," said the judge.

In this case, Muhammad Kuncoro Wibowo as President Director of PT Bhanda Ghara Reksa (Persero) was charged with engineering the consulting work by appointing PT Primalayan Teknologi Persada as a consultant for PT Bhanda Ghara Reksa (Persero) in the distribution of the Ministry of Social Affairs' rice assistance.

Muhammad Kuncoro Wibowo was charged with causing financial or state economic losses amounting to Rp. 127,144,055,620, as stated in the Report on the Results of Investigative Examination Number: LHA-AF-17/DNA/11/2023 dated December 4, 2023 by the Directorate of Corruption Detection and Analysis of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

For his actions, Muhammad Kuncoro Wibowo was charged with violating Article 2 paragraph (1) or Article 3 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes Jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1stPid Law