Often Dragged About Pinangki's Light Sentence, Who Is The Real Attorney General Of ST Burhanuddin?

Attorney General ST Burhanuddin (Source: AGO Documentation)

JAKARTA - The name of the Attorney General, ST Burhanuddin, was dragged along with the decision of the Attorney General's Office (AGO) in response to the trimming of the sentence of former prosecutor, Pinangki Sirna Malasari. Who is ST Burhanuddin actually?

The name Burhanuddin was dragged as a satire by Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW). ICW criticized the prosecutor's attitude in the Pinangki case, which did not appeal the decision of the DKI Jakarta High Court (PT) to cut Pinangki's six-year sentence.

This decision by PT DKI Jakarta is a continuation of Pinangki's appeal against the verdict of the panel of judges at the Corruption Court which sentenced him to ten years in prison. Of the ten, Pinangki's sentence was reduced to four years for accepting bribes, conspiracy, and money laundering.

Pinangki Sirna Malasari (Source: Antara)

"The defendant was sentenced to imprisonment for four years and a fine of Rp. 600 million, provided that if the fine was not paid, it was replaced with imprisonment for six months," the Supreme Court's decision page said on Monday, June 14.

The decision was taken by the chairman of the panel of judges, Muhammad Yusuf, with judges as members Haryono, Singgih Budi Prakoso, Lafat Akbar, and Renny Halida Ilham Malik. There were a number of considerations taken by the panel of judges until they cut Pinangki's sentence by more than half.

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If you follow the proceedings of the Pinangki trial, the prosecutor's attitude in favor of Pinangki is actually not surprising. We remember that in the prosecution process, the prosecutor from the AGO demanded that Pinangki be imprisoned for four years plus a fine of Rp. 500 million, subsidiary of six months in prison.

At that time, the panel of judges on the Corruption Court of the Central Jakarta District Court considered that the prosecutor's demands were too low. The panel of judges believes that Pinangki deserves a more severe punishment because of his profession as a law enforcer. On February 8, the Central Jakarta District Court Corruption Court judge sentenced Pinangki to ten years in prison, plus a fine of Rp600 million, subsidiary to six months in prison.

Another consideration that aggravated Pinangki's sentence at that time was because it was considered that Pinangki did not support the government in administering a government free of corruption, collusion and nepotism. Pinangki is considered to often complicate the judicial process.

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"The defendant convoluted, denied and covered up the involvement of other parties in the a quo case, did not admit his actions and had enjoyed the results of the crime he had committed," said Chief Justice Ignatius Eko Purwanto reading the verdict on February 8.

And the accusations against Attorney General ST Burhanuddin are not recent. In June last year, the Indonesian Anti-Corruption Society (MAKI) reported Burhanuddin to President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) because it was deemed not to have heard the people's aspirations to file an appeal against Pinangki's appeal.

"This is a last resort because it seems that the AGO does not listen to people's aspirations to ask the Prosecutor to file an appeal against Pinangki Sirna Malasari's appeal decision, which is felt to have hurt the public's sense of justice," said MAKI Coordinator Bonyamin Saiman, quoted by Antara

Who is ST Burhanuddin?

ST Burhanuddin was introduced as the Attorney General of the Republic of Indonesia on 23 October 2019 by President Jokowi. Burhanuddin was introduced along with 37 names of other figures who helped Jokowi in the cabinet and state bodies.

Burhanuddin is the younger brother of a former Army High Officer (AD), TB Hasanuddin. Burhanuddin was born in Cirebon, July 17, 1954. Quoted from various sources, Burhanuddin took his legal education at Diponegoro University in 1983.

He continued his academic steps to Prosecutors Education Education in 1991. After that Burhanuddin continued his Corruption Education in 1992, Intelligence Intelligence Education in 1993, and Smuggling Education in 1994.

Burhanuddin also underwent General TP Case Administration Education and TUN Judicial Education in 1995. Burhanuddin continued his Education on Intellectual Property Rights in 1996.

Furthermore, Burhanuddin underwent Spama Education (1996), took Masters in Management from the University of Indonesia (2001), Leadership Education Level 1 (2003) Satyagama Doctorate in Jakarta (2006), and Leadership Education Level 2 (2008).

Attorney General ST Burhanuddin (Source: AGO Documentation)

In his work history, Burhanuddin noted a number of important positions. Here's the list:

Work History of Jambi State High Prosecutor's Office Staff (1989) Head of District Prosecutor's Office B Kejari Bangko Jambi (1999-2001) Head of District Attorney A Prosecutor's Office Cilacap (2003-2004) Director of Execution and Examination of Jampidsus (2007-2008) North Maluku District Attorney's Office (2008 -2009) Inspector V Junior Attorney General (JAM) Supervision (2009) Head of the South Sulawesi High Prosecutor's Office (2010-2011) Deputy Attorney General for Civil and State Administration at the Indonesian Attorney General's Office (2011-2014) President Commissioner of PT Hutama Karya (2015-2019 ) Deputy Head of the Aceh High Prosecutor's Office (Wakajati) Aceh Assistant for General Crimes at the High Prosecutor's Office (Aspidum Kejati) Jambi Assistant for Special Crimes at the High Prosecutor's Office (Aspidsus Kejati) NAD Assistant for Supervision of the High Prosecutor's Office (Aswas Kejati) West Java.

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