Former Minister Edhy Prabowo's Sentence Is Enlarged To 9 Years In Prison

Documentation - Convicted former Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, Edhy Prabowo (Photo: Reno Esnir/Antara)

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta High Court has increased the sentence against former Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Edhy Prabowo to 9 years in prison in the case of accepting bribes related to the export of lobster clear seeds (BBL) or fried shrimp. corruption carried out together as the first alternative indictment. Sentencing the defendant with a prison sentence of 9 years and a fine of Rp. 400 million with the stipulation that if the fine is not paid, it is replaced by imprisonment for 6 months, "said Edhy Prabowo's decision on the website The Supreme Court was accessed in Jakarta, Thursday. The decision at the appeal level was handed down on October 21, 2021 by Haryono as the presiding judge of the panel and Mohammad Lutfi, Singgih Budi Prakoso, Reny Halida Ilham Malik and Anton Saragih respectively as member judges. Edhy Prabowo also sentenced to pay a replacement amount of Rp9,687,457,219 and 77 thousand US dollars, taking into account the money that has been returned and if not paid the property will be confiscated and auctioned, and if the property is not sufficient then it must be sentenced to 3 years in prison.

"Imposing additional penalties against the defendant in the form of revocation of the right to be elected in public office for 3 years since the defendant has finished serving his main sentence," the decision stated.

The appeal decision made Edhy Prabowo's sentence more severe in the first instance. On July 15, 2021, the Jakarta Corruption Court (Tipikor) sentenced him to 5 years in prison plus a fine of IDR 400 million, a subsidiary 6 months in prison. years in prison. In their consideration, the panel of judges at the appellate level stated that the memorandum of appeal submitted by Edhy's legal counsel did not find anything new that could weaken or invalidate the Corruption Court's decision and was only a repetition of what was previously stated. However, it is related to the length of imprisonment imposed. The panel of judges at the first level, according to the panel of judges at the appellate level, has not fulfilled the community's sense of justice so that it must be changed. Fisheries of the Republic of Indonesia, has easily ordered their subordinates to do things that are deviant and dishonest," explained the judge. which is in his own Ministry," said the judge affirmed.