Former Sriwijaya Air Boss Hendry Lie Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison In A Tin Corruption Case

JAKARTA - Former Sriwijaya Air boss, Hendry Lie, was found guilty in a case of alleged corruption in the management of tin commodity trading in the mining business permit (IUP) area of PT Timah Tbk. in 2015 '2022. The panel of judges sentenced him to 14 years in prison.

"Declaring that the defendant has been legally and convincingly proven guilty of committing a criminal act of corruption together as in the primary indictment," said chairman of the panel of judges Tony Irfan in the Jakarta Corruption Court courtroom, Thursday, June 12.

In addition, the majority shareholder or Beneficial Ownership of PT Tinindo Inter Nusa (TIN) was also sentenced to pay a fine of Rp. 1 billion, subsidiary to six months in prison.

The sentence was handed down because Hendry Lie's actions were legally proven to be involved in a corruption case that cost the state up to Rp300.003 trillion.

The judge also imposed an additional penalty in the form of the obligation to pay compensation of Rp1.05 trillion, subsidiary to eight years in prison.

In the decision, there is a consideration that burdens Hendry Lie is not supporting government programs in the context of organizing a clean and free country from corruption, collusion and Nepotism (KKN).

Hendry Lie's actions were called judges who harmed the country very much.

He is also considered to have caused losses in the form of environmental damage that is very massive and has also enjoyed the proceeds of criminal acts.

Meanwhile, mitigating considerations are that Hendry Lie has never been convicted.

As for the judge's decision, it is lower than the demands of the public prosecutor (JPU). The prosecutor demanded 18 years in prison for Hendry Lie.

Hendry Lie is considered to have been proven to have violated Article 2 paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 18 of the Corruption Eradication Law (UU Tipikor) in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code as the prosecutor's primary indictment.