Gili Trawangan Entrepreneur Charged by Prosecutor to Pay Rp1.4 Billion in Compensation for Land Corruption Case

The defendant in the corruption case for the utilization of the former GTI land in Gili Trawangan, Ida Adnawati, after undergoing a trial at the Corruption Court (ANTARA/Dhimas B.P.)

JAKARTA - The prosecutor demands that the panel of judges impose a fine on the defendant in the corruption case of the utilization of the former land of PT Gili Trawangan Indah, Ida Adnawati, an entrepreneur in Gili Trawangan, to pay compensation for state financial losses with a value of up to IDR 1.4 billion.

"If the defendant does not pay it within one month after the decision becomes final and binding, the prosecutor will confiscate and auction his property. If it is not sufficient, it is replaced with a prison sentence of 1 year and 9 months," said Ilham Sopian Hadi representing the public prosecutor reading Ida Adnawati's prosecution material in front of the Corruption Court Panel at the Mataram District Court, Monday, April 6, reported by ANTARA.

In addition to imposing a fine for paying compensation for state financial losses, the prosecutor also asked the judge to impose a sentence of three years and six months in prison with a fine of Rp. 100 million, plus three months of substitute imprisonment.

Regarding the deposit of money worth Rp. 360 million from the defendant Ida Adnawati, the prosecutor asked the judge to include the money as part of the defendant's efforts to pay compensation.

Meanwhile, for the other defendant, who is also an entrepreneur on Gili Trawangan, Alpin Agustin, the prosecutor demanded a lighter sentence, namely imprisonment for one year and three months in prison with a fine of Rp. 50 million with a substitute imprisonment of three months.

Another defendant from the government who played a role as Head of the Gili Tramena UPTD, namely Mawardi Khairi, the prosecutor demanded that he be sentenced to one year and six months in prison with a fine of Rp. 50 million, subject to a three-month substitute imprisonment.

In the separate reading of the indictment, the prosecutor stated that the actions of the three defendants had been proven to violate the sub-charge, namely Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law No. 20 of 2001 concerning Eradication of Corruption Crimes jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.

The prosecutor demanded this by stating that the three suspects had jointly committed the crime of corruption in a land area of 2,250 hectares of PT Perhutani, which is equivalent to 5,500 hectares of land.

In the latest regulation, the management of land of the former PT GTI which was stopped in 2021, should be carried out in a contract with the NTB Provincial Government as the owner of the asset.

As a result of the actions of the three defendants, the prosecutor stated that the NTB Provincial Government as the owner of the land had suffered a loss of up to IDR 1.42 billion.