There are Facts Revealed at the Trial, East Lombok District Attorney Opens New Investigation Opportunity for Port Corruption
JAKARTA - The East Lombok District Attorney's Office (Kejari) in West Nusa Tenggara, opened the opportunity to conduct a new investigation from the corruption case of the Labuhan Haji pier rehabilitation project in the 2022 fiscal year.
"It is not impossible that we will open a new investigation," said Head of the East Lombok District Attorney's Intelligence Section, Ugik Ramantyo, through a statement received in Mataram, Friday, quoted by Antara.
He explained this after the panel of judges of the Corruption Crime Court at the Mataram District Court sentenced four defendants to corruption in the rehabilitation of the Labuhan Haji pier, Wednesday, April 8.
In the verdict with the defendants Ahmadul Hadi, Muhammad Ali Fikri, Samsul Hakim, and Mansur, the judge stated that they were found guilty of committing corruption together.
From the description of the verdict, Mukhlassuddin as the chairman of the panel of judges said that there was a flow of money from the work that swallowed the budget of up to Rp. 3 billion into the pockets of the former Head of the East Lombok Transportation Service, Baiq Farida Afriani, worth Rp. 30 million. However, Baiq Farida was not present as a witness in this trial.
Ugik stated that to open a new investigation based on the facts revealed in the trial, his party must strengthen the evidence, not just depart from the testimony of the witness.
"For example, there is evidence of the transfer of the money," he said.
He admitted that his party from the special criminal field (pidsus) was still focusing on the continuation of the legal process from the verdict.
"Now the verdict is still being reviewed, later whether there is an in-depth investigation, we wait for the pidsus," he said.
Previously, the defendants were sentenced separately by the Mataram Corruption Court panel of judges. Ahmadul Hadi was sentenced to the lightest sentence compared to the other defendants. The project's Commitment Maker (PPK) was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison.
In addition, Ahmadul was ordered to pay a fine of Rp. 50 million, subsider 50 days in prison instead.
For the defendant M. Ali Fikri as a partner, Mansur as the project executor, and Samsul Hakim as the company that borrowed the flag, they were sentenced to the same sentence. They were sentenced to four years in prison with a fine of Rp. 50 million, subject to a substitute imprisonment of six months.
In addition, there is a decision that imposes M. Ali Fikri and Samsul Hakim to pay compensation for state financial losses with different values.
For M. Ali Fikri, he was charged Rp237,424,316 minus the nominal return to the BPK at the investigation stage of Rp194,120,316 so that the remaining amount to be paid is Rp43,304,000.
Unlike Samsul Hakim who had to pay a substitute money of Rp781,820,108 with a deduction of Rp502,395,380 which had been deposited to the Public Prosecutor (JPU) so that the remaining amount to be paid was Rp279,424,728.