Corruption Sarung-Mukena West Lombok DPRD Member Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison

Non-active legislator, Ahmad Zainuri, undergoes a trial for corruption in the procurement of sarung and mukena (ANTARA/Dhimas B.P.)

JAKARTA - The prosecutor in the demand material asked the Mataram District Court, West Nusa Tenggara, to sentence two years in prison to the non-active legislator named Ahmad Zainuri who is a defendant in the case of corruption in the procurement of sarung and mukena.

"Demanding that the panel of judges impose a sentence of imprisonment on the defendant Ahmad Zainuri for two years," said I. A. K. Yustika Dewi representing the public prosecutor read the charges at the Corruption Crime Court at the Mataram District Court, Thursday, June 11, reported by ANTARA.

In addition to the criminal penalty, the prosecutor also asked the judge to impose a fine of IDR 100 million, which was replaced by 60 days of imprisonment.

The prosecutor demanded such a sentence by stating that the defendant had been proven to have committed the crime of corruption together with other defendants who were charged in a different case.

The claim is as in the public prosecutor's sub-charge, namely Article 604 in conjunction with Article 20 letter c of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code jo. Article 18 of Law No. 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes.

A similar demand was also made to the defendant Rusandi who played the role of the provider. The demand material is different regarding the replacement money charged by the prosecutor.

Regarding Ahmad Zainuri, the prosecutor asked the judge to impose a fine on the person concerned in the amount of IDR 1,008,000,000.

However, regarding the deposit of money from Ahmad Zainuri to the prosecutor according to the nominal amount of compensation, the prosecutor asked that the money be accounted for as payment of compensation for state financial losses.

"Determining the substitute money that has been handed over by the defendant during the prosecution period to be confiscated for the state and taken into account as payment of substitute money," said the prosecutor.

Meanwhile, for the defendant Rusandi, the prosecutor demanded payment of compensation with a different value, namely IDR 557,597,771 subsider one year of substitute imprisonment.

For the Rp90 million deposited by Rusandi to the prosecutor at the prosecution stage, it was requested to be confiscated by the state and taken into account as part of the payment of compensation for state financial losses imposed by the prosecutor in the lawsuit.

In this case, there are two other defendants who have been prosecuted by the prosecutor. They are Muhammad Zakaki and Dewi Dahliana, former officials of the West Lombok Social Service as responsible for distributing goods with an allocation from the main budget of the West Lombok DPRD in 2024.

Both are charged with the same penalty, namely one year in prison with a fine of Rp. 100 million subsider 60 days in lieu of imprisonment.

The prosecutor in the indictment stated that the two also jointly committed the crime of corruption in the procurement of sarung and mukena in the form of social assistance.

The prosecutor stated that the actions of the two were proven to violate Article 604 of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes.