BANDA ACEH - The Corruption Court panel at the Banda Aceh District Court sentenced a defendant for corruption in the construction of an archive building to one year and four months or 16 months in prison.
The verdict was read by a panel of judges headed by Jamaluddin in a trial at the Corruption Crime Court at the Banda Aceh District Court in Banda Aceh, Friday, January 9.
The defendant Budi Hermawan as the Technical Implementation Officer (PPTK) of the construction of the East Aceh UPTD Archives Building at the Aceh Province Housing and Settlement Area Office.
In addition to imprisonment, the panel of judges also sentenced the defendant Budi Hermawan to pay a fine of Rp50 million subsidair or an alternative sentence if he does not pay for two months of imprisonment.
Meanwhile, the other defendant in the same case, Mahdi, who served as Deputy Director of CV Rahmat Construction as a service provider or executor of the construction work of the archive building, was sentenced to one year in prison.
The panel of judges also sentenced the defendant Mahdi to pay a fine of Rp50 million with a substitute or substitute penalty if he did not pay for two months of imprisonment.
The panel of judges stated that the defendants Budi Hermawan and Mahdi were found guilty of violating Article 3 Paragraph (1) jo Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning eradication of corruption as amended by Article 55 Paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.
In its decision, the panel of judges said the Aceh Provincial Housing and Settlement Area Service managed a budget of more than Rp2.5 billion for the construction of the East Aceh UPTD Archives Building in 2022.
After the auction process, the construction work of the building was carried out or carried out by CV Rahmat Konstruksi with a bid value of Rp. 2.4 billion.
Then, there was a change in the specifications of the building from two floors to one floor. The budget for the construction of the archive building also changed to Rp. 1.7 billion.
However, in the implementation, it was found that the work was not in accordance with the specifications. The work report was submitted not in accordance with the implementation in the field. The work supervisor report was also falsified.
"Based on the results of the East Aceh Regency Inspectorate's examination, it was found that the state's losses in the construction of the archive building amounted to Rp. 298 million," said the JPU.
On the verdict, the defendants expressed their thoughts. The panel of judges gave the two defendants seven days to decide, accept the verdict or appeal.
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