JAKARTA - The Supreme Court (MA) rejected the cassation of the public prosecutor so that the owner of PT Lawu Agung Mining, Windu Aji Sutanto, was still not sentenced in the alleged money laundering case from the results of corruption in the sale of nickel ore from PT Antam Tbk., Mandiodo Block, North Konawe, Southeast Sulawesi.
"Amar verdict: reject the appeal of the public prosecutor," read the excerpt from the verdict on case number 246 K/PID.SUS/2026, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, February 10.
The matter was decided by Chief Justice Soesilo as chairman of the panel together with two members, Ansori and Sigid Triyono. The case was decided on Wednesday, January 28, 2026 and is currently in the process of minuting.
With this ruling, Windu Aji was still declared free from the TPPU trap, as was the ruling of the first instance court, namely the Corruption Crime Court at the Central Jakarta District Court.
In this case, the panel of judges of the Jakarta Corruption Court decided not to punish Windu Aji in connection with the alleged TPPU case from the results of the corruption of the sale of nickel ore originating from the mining business permit area of PT Antam Tbk., Block Mandiodo.
The panel of judges considered that the case against Windu Aji this time was a repetition of the previous corruption crime (ne bis in idem) which had been decided at the cassation level and had a permanent legal force.
"Declaring the defendant's case on behalf of Windu Aji Sutanto ne bis in idem," said Chief Justice Sri Hartati in a reading of the verdict in Jakarta, Wednesday (24/9/2025).
He said that if the TPPU case has the same basis as the original crime and all evidence has been considered and the decision has become final and binding, the money laundering case can be declared ne bis in idem and cannot be re-examined.
"This basis is a legal protection for the defendant not to be prosecuted twice for the same act," said Hartati.
Even so, Aji was still proven to have used the results of corruption to buy three luxury cars using the name of PT Lawu Agung Mining and received money from the sale of nickel with a total of Rp1.7 billion through other people's accounts.
In this case, Aji was charged with laundering money from the corruption of the sale of Antam nickel ore Block Mandiodo, namely to buy one unit of Toyota Land Cruiser, one unit of Mercedes Benz Maybach, and one unit of Toyota Alphard and receive Rp1.7 billion.
Therefore, the prosecutor demands Windu Aji with a prison sentence of six years and a fine of Rp. 500,000,000 subsider six months.
As for the original crime, Windu Aji has been found guilty of corruption in the sale of nickel ore. Based on the cassation level verdict, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison, a fine of Rp. 500 million, a six-month imprisonment, and a substitute payment of Rp. 135,836,898,026, a two-year imprisonment.
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