Head and Secretary of the Aceh Besar Inspectorate Charged with Corruption in Official Travel

BANDA ACEH - The public prosecutor of the Aceh Besar District Attorney's Office has charged the defendants Zia Ul Azmi and Jony Marwan as the Head and Secretary of the Aceh Besar Regency Inspectorate, committing the crime of corruption in the travel order (SPPD) with a state loss of more than Rp. 404 million.

The indictment was read by Public Prosecutor (JPU) Asmadi Syam et al. in a trial at the Corruption Crime Court at the Banda Aceh District Court in Banda Aceh, Wednesday.

The trial with a panel of judges was chaired by Fauzi and was accompanied by Harmijaya and Anda Ariansyah, each as a member judge. Both defendants were accompanied by their legal advisers.

The JPU in its indictment stated that the criminal act of corruption in the travel order took place from the 2020 fiscal year to May 2025.

The criminal act began when the defendant Zia Ul Azmi served as the Secretary and Acting Head of the Aceh Besar Regency Inspectorate in 2020.

Furthermore, the defendant was appointed as the Inspector or Head of the Aceh Besar Regency Inspectorate and the defendant Jony Marwan as the Secretary of the Aceh Besar Regency Inspectorate in October 2021.

The two defendants, said Asmadi Syam, listed their names on all duty orders with the aim of receiving payment of funds from the SPPD budget.

"The names of the two defendants are listed on all duty orders with the aim of obtaining SPPD funds for supervision activities. However, the SPPD was not carried out or not in accordance with the actual conditions, thus causing losses to the state," he said.

Based on the report of the calculation of the Heliantono and Partners Public Accounting Office, the state's loss of corruption in the SPPD at the Aceh Besar Regency Inspectorate in the 2020 to May 2025 fiscal year reached Rp. 404 million.

The JPU charged the two defendants in a sub-subsidiary manner, prima facie violating Article 603 of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code jo Article 18 Paragraph (1) letter a, b, Paragraph (2) and (3) of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended into Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning eradication of corruption.

As well as a subsidiary violating Article 3 jo Article 18 Paragraph (1) letter a, b, Paragraph (2) and (3) of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning eradication of corruption as amended by Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code.

The defendant Zia Ul Azmi and his legal advisor expressed objections to the public prosecutor's indictment and filed an objection. The panel of judges continued the trial on Monday (23/2) to hear the objections of the defendant Zia Ul Azmi and his legal advisor.