Supreme Court Rejects Review Of Former PKS President Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq

Lutfi Hasan Ishaaq/DOK BETWEEN

JAKARTA - The Supreme Court (MA) has rejected the application for judicial review (PK) of former President of the Prosperous Justice Party, Luthfi Hasan Ishaaq, who was sentenced to 18 years in prison in the case of accepting bribes for handling beef import quotas at the Ministry of Agriculture and money laundering.

"The verdict: Reject," said the Supreme Court's website, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, November 16.

The PK verdict was decided on November 15, 2021 by the panel of judges, Suhadi as chairman and Ansori and Eddy Army as members of the panel of judges.

In the inaugural trial of PK Luthfi Hasan on December 16, 2020, Luthfi Sugiyono's attorney asked that his client, who has served 7 years in prison, be sentenced to acquittal or leniency on the grounds of the judge's error and oversight.

The error referred to by Luthfi Hasan is the cassation decision on September 15, 2014 which was handed down by the panel of cassation judges of the Supreme Court led by the then Chairman of the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court, Artidjo Alkostar and members of the panel of Supreme Court Justices M Askin and MS Lumme decided to increase Luthfi's sentence to imprisonment. years and a fine of Rp. 1 billion subsidiary 6 months in prison plus the revocation of political rights.

The cassation is more severe than the decision of the High Court on April 25, 2014 which only decided that Luthfi was sentenced to 16 years in prison with a fine of Rp. 1 billion, subsidiary to 6 months in prison.

Meanwhile, in the first instance, Luthfi was sentenced to 16 years in prison plus a fine of Rp. 1 billion in exchange for 1 year in prison.