MEDAN - The Karo District Attorney's Office said it was still thinking about the acquittal of defendant Amsal Christy Sitepu in the alleged corruption case of the village profile video project in Karo Regency, North Sumatra.
Head of the Karo District Attorney's Intelligence Section, Dona Martinus Sebayang, said his party respected the decision of the panel of judges who sentenced the defendant Amsal Sitepu to acquittal.
"We respect the judge's decision. Furthermore, we are still thinking about the seven-day free verdict and we will communicate with the leadership to determine the next legal efforts," said Donausai at the Medan District Court, North Sumatra, Wednesday, April 1, reported by ANTARA.
Previously, the Karo District Attorney's Public Prosecutor (JPU) Wira Arizona demanded that the defendant Amsal Sitepu be sentenced to two years in prison and a fine of Rp. 50 million with a three-month imprisonment.
The prosecutor also demands that the defendant pay compensation for state losses of IDR 202.16 million. If it is not paid within one month after the decision has the force of a final and binding decision, the defendant's property will be confiscated and auctioned.
"If it is insufficient, it will be replaced with a one-year imprisonment," he said.
In his demand, the prosecutor, Wira, stated that the aggravating factors included the defendant's failure to admit his actions, being convoluted in the trial, and not yet returning the state's losses.
Meanwhile, the mitigating factor is that the defendant has never been convicted.
The prosecutor assessed that the defendant's actions violated Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001.
However, the Medan District Court's Corruption Court panel of judges decided that the defendant was not proven to have legally and convincingly committed a corruption crime.
The Chairman of the Panel of Judges, Yusafrihardi Girsang, stated that the defendant's actions were not proven, both in the primary and sub-charge.
"Imposing a free verdict on the defendant because he was not proven to have committed a corruption crime," said Yusafrihardipadasidang at the Corruption Court at the Medan District Court.
"Recovering the rights, dignity, and dignity as well as the reputation of the defendant," he added.
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