Director General (Dirjen) of Mineral and Coal (Minerba) of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) for the 2015-2022 period Bambang Gatot Ariyono was sentenced to 4 years in prison after being proven guilty of corruption related to the case of managing tin commodity trading in the mining business permit (IUP) area of PT Timah Tbk. in 2015 2022.
Chief Judge Fajar Kusuma Aji stated that Bambang was legally and convincingly proven guilty of committing a criminal act of corruption that was carried out jointly, as stated by the public prosecutor's subsidiary indictment.
"The defendant Bambang has violated Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 in conjunction with 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code," said the presiding judge in a trial reading the verdict of the panel of judges at the Jakarta Corruption Court, Monday, May 5.
In addition to imprisonment, Bambang was also subject to a fine of Rp. 500 million, provided that if the fine was not paid, it would be replaced (subsider) with imprisonment for 3 months.
In the same trial, the Panel of Judges also read out the verdict against Plt. Head of the Bangka Belitung ESDM Agency Supianto. Lower than Bambang, Supianto was sentenced to 3 years in prison.
He was declared legally and convincingly guilty of committing a criminal act of corruption which was carried out jointly as the indictment of a subsidiary of the public prosecutor, so he was subject to the same article as Bambang. Likewise, the fine, Supianto was sentenced to the same amount of fines and subsidiarys as Bambang.
The verdicts of Bambang and Supianto were lighter than the prosecutor's demands. Previously, the prosecutor demanded that both of them be sentenced to 8 years and 7 years in prison, respectively.
In addition, the two defendants were also charged with a higher fine of IDR 750 million, subsidiary of 6 months in prison.
Specifically for Bambang, the prosecutor even demanded that he be subject to additional penalties in the form of payment of replacement money worth Rp. 60 million, subsidiary to 2 years in prison. However, in the decision, the Panel of Judges eliminated the additional sentence.
In the case of alleged tin corruption, Bambang was charged with being involved and receiving money so that the state suffered a loss of Rp. 300 trillion.
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Bambang, among other things, is suspected of unlawfully agreeing to the 2019 Revised Budget and Cost Work Plan (RKAB) of PT Timah, even though he knows there are still shortcomings that have not been completed.
The former Director General of Mineral and Coal at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources was also charged illegally with receiving a sum of money and facilities to approve the 2019 RKAB Revision of PT Timah in the form of Rp60 million in cash as well as sponsors of annual golf activities carried out by IKA Minerba Golf, Mineral Golf Club, and Coal Golf Club facilitated by PT Timah.
The sponsor that Bambang received in the form of prizes or door prizes for IPhone 6 for IDR 12 million and 3 hours for Garmin brands for IDR 21 million.
Meanwhile, Supianto was accused of unlawfully agreeing to RKAB 2020 whose contents were incorrect to two private smelters, namely PT Refined Bangka Tin and its affiliated company and PT Menara Cipta Mulia (affiliated CV Venus Inti Perkasa).
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