1 Witness In The Gratification Case Of Bekasi DPRD Leaders 3 Times Mangkir Will Be Forcibly Picked Up

JAKARTA - The panel of judges at the Bandung Corruption Court will forcibly pick up a witness who was absent at the trial of the gratification case with the defendant led by the Bekasi Regency DPRD, Soleman.

"There was one witness on behalf of Davit who had been summoned three times properly, but never attended the trial, so the judge issued a letter of forced pick-up for the witness," said Head of Sub-Seksi Prosecution at the Bekasi District Attorney Indra Oka in Cikarang, Monday, February 17, confiscated by Antara.

He explained, as stipulated in the provisions of Article 112 paragraph (2) of the Criminal Procedure Code, investigators summoned witnesses and the person concerned was required to come to fulfill the summons.

Investigators can recall the witness by ordering officers if they do not fulfill the summons and the witness concerned is declared to have violated the obligations imposed on him by law.

In criminal cases, witnesses who do not fulfill the summons can be threatened with imprisonment for a maximum of nine months. Meanwhile, for other cases, witnesses who do not fulfill the summons can be punished with imprisonment for a maximum of six months.

"The forced pick-up was carried out after the summons was not fulfilled. We have even summoned the person concerned three times properly but this witness has never attended the trial," he said.

However, the team of public prosecutors in this case felt that it was enough to hear the statements of other witnesses at the trial of the corruption case.

"Thursday, the expert's statement will be entered. There are 21 witnesses who have been presented and we feel that it is enough for these witnesses," he said.

Dozens of witnesses who have been presented include officials from the Bekasi Regency Government ranging from the head of the service, heads of water resource management, heads of the community development sector to procurement officials related to the Soleman defendant's aspiration project.

Then the defendant's ex-wife named Hanny Maryani, election supervisor Ardi Abdul, Resvi's ex-husband named Faisal and the Chairman of the NGO Independent Anti Rasuah Institute Nofal Juanda.

In the facts of the trial, the witnesses confirmed to each other that there had been a transaction to purchase a Mitsubishi Pajero Sport type luxury vehicle by the suspect Resvi at a car sales unit in the Mangga Dua area, Special Region of Jakarta.

The vehicle was then given to the defendant Soleman to be exchanged for a number of council aspiration projects sourced from the Bekasi Regency Regional Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBD).

Soleman in his capacity as a state administrator provided these APBD projects with a nominal contract for various activities to the defendant Resvi as a partner implementing infrastructure activities in the region.

"That's right, everyone testified like that. The object of gratification was two vehicles, Pajero Sport and BMW Sedan. When he bought Pajero to Mangga Dua, Resvi invited Faisal, he was still a couple at that time. Then when he was given to Soleman, his son also knew. So yes, all the information is mutually reinforcing," said witness Nofal Juanda.

Soleman was named a suspect in a corruption case in the form of gratification or bribery on Tuesday (29/10/2024) or the day after being inaugurated for the second time as Deputy Chair of the Bekasi Regency DPRD as a result of the simultaneous legislative elections in 2024.

Head of the Bekasi District Attorney's Office, Dwi Astuti Beniyati, said that Soleman (SL) was suspected of committing a criminal act of corruption in receiving gratuities or bribes from the person carrying out physical activities with the initials Resvi (RS) who had already been named a suspect.

"The determination of the suspect in this case is the development of the results of the investigation into the alleged bribery or gratuity committed by the suspect RS to the SL suspect," he said.

Head of the Special Crimes Section of the Bekasi District Attorney's Office Ronald Thomas Mendrofa said Soleman was suspected of violating the alternative article 12 letters a or the second article 12 letters e or the third 12 letters b or the fourth article 5 paragraph 2 in conjunction with Article 5 paragraph 1 letter a.

Then or fifth article 5 paragraph 2 in conjunction with article 5 paragraph 1 letter b or sixth article 11 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law number 20 of 2001.

"The threat of imprisonment is at least one year and a maximum of 20 years. The form of the alleged article is an alternative, meaning that one of these articles will be proven later in court, which one is most in accordance with the elements of his actions," said Ronald.