Bengkulu - The Bengkulu Corruption Criminal Court (PN Tipikor) Panel of Judges has sentenced the former Expert Staff (TA) in the House of Representatives (DPR) Ferly Rivaldi to one year and three months in prison with a fine of Rp. 50 million with a three-month imprisonment.
The verdict is related to the corruption case of the fee for the acceleration project for improving the use of irrigation water (P3-TGAI) of the Sumatera River Basin (BWSS) VIII.
"Declaring the defendant Ferly Rivaldi to be legally and convincingly guilty of corruption in common based on the public prosecutor's indictment," said the Chairman of the Bengkulu Tipikor PN Court of Justice, Agus Hamzah, in Bengkulu City, Tuesday, May 13, reported by ANTARA.
For the other four defendants, namely the State Civil Apparatus (ASN) at the Kepahiang Karmolis Regency Village Empowerment Office (PMD), they were sentenced to one year and three months with a fine of Rp. 50 million with a three-month subsider.
Then, the Head of Bogor Baru Village Adi Kustian was sentenced to one year, a fine of Rp. 50 million, a subsider of three months, the Head of Bogor Subandi Village was sentenced to one year and a fine of Rp. 50 million, a subsider of three months in prison.
Furthermore, the Head of Pagar Gunung Village, Hendri, was sentenced to one year with a fine of Rp. 50 million, subject to a three-month imprisonment.
Meanwhile, the Public Prosecutor (JPU) of the Kepahiang District Prosecutor's Office, Rizka Ari Kholifatur Rohman, will think about the decision first.
"After we listened to the verdict from the panel of judges, in principle, the panel of judges agreed with the public prosecutor with the article that was set," he said.
The same thing was also conveyed by the defendant's legal advisor, Karmolis, namely Aan Julianda, who said that his party would think about the verdict given by the Bengkulu Tipikor PN Court of Judges.
It is known that the case of alleged corruption in the P3-GAI BBWS OTT project began when the two main suspects, namely Karmolis and Firli, were arrested in a hand-in-hand operation in June 2023, by the Criminal Investigation Unit (Satreskrim) of the Kepahiang Police.
Then, on November 3, 2025, investigators also detained three village heads, namely the Head of Eesan Pahar Gunung Hendri, the Head of Bogor Baru Village Adi Kustiandan the Head of Kampung Bogor Subandi as suspects for allegedly being involved in the alleged corruption of the P3-TGAI BBWS project fee.
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