Semarang Prosecutor's Office Executes Fugitive Case Of Money Laundering

SEMARANG - The District Attorney (Kejari) of Semarang City, Central Java, executed Suryo Antoro Soerjanto, a convict in a money laundering case (TPPU) who has been a fugitive since 2014.

Head of the Intelligence Section of the Semarang City Attorney General's Office, Cakra Nur Budi Hartanto, said that the Suryo Antoro case had permanent legal force since the cassation decision in 2014.

"After the cassation decision was issued, the whereabouts of the convict were unknown," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, February 22.

According to him, the convict in the money laundering crime case in the process of submitting a mortgage at BCA in 2011 was submitted to the court on suspicion of forgery of letters or fraud.

Cakra said Suryo was acquitted by the Semarang District Court. Based on this decision, he said, the prosecutor filed an appeal and was granted.

"The Supreme Court sentenced him to 6 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 10 billion," he said.

He explained that the whereabouts of the convict Suryo Antoro was unknown after being released from detention because he was acquitted.

The existence of the convict in the money laundering case was known by the prosecutor's office.

Suryo was arrested at a house on Bukit Tobacco Street, Banyumanik, Semarang City and immediately sent to Semarang Prison.