RJ Lino Sentenced To 4 Years In Prison After His Case Hanged For 3 Periods, KPK: Evidence We Can Calculate State Losses

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JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) appreciates the Jakarta Corruption Court Panel of Judges who sentenced the former Director of Pelindo II, Richard Joost Lino or RJ Lino, to four years in prison. RJ Lino is a defendant in a corruption case in the procurement of the QCC unit at Pelindo II in 2010.

Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement, Ali Fikri, said that this decision meant completing the investigation, investigation and prosecution process that had been carried out by his side so far. At least, this case has hung up to 3 periods of leadership.

"KPK appreciates the decision of the panel of judges in the trial of the corruption case in the procurement of Quay Container Crane (QCC) with the defendant former President Director of PT Pelindo II RJ Lino," Ali told reporters, Wednesday, December 15.

He said the suspension of the case was due to problems in calculating state losses. Ali said this case is also a step forward because the KPK has succeeded in carrying out calculations through Accounting Forensic at the KPK's Corruption Detection and Analysis Directorate while still coordinating with related parties.

This result, he continued, was also considered by the panel of judges. During the trial, it was stated that RJ Lino's actions had harmed the state's finances of up to 1.99 million US dollars or around 28 billion rupiah.

"This is a step forward for eradicating corruption that the KPK can calculate state financial losses by continuing to coordinate with the BPK and BPKP who have this authority," said Ali.

In addition, the Corruption Eradication Commission considers that the judge's decision has upheld the principle of law enforcement for the criminal act of corruption as an extraordinary crime. Where in his decision, continued Ali, the judge not only provided a deterrent effect but also optimized efforts to recover assets.

"The decision of the Panel of Judges has upheld the principles of law enforcement of corruption as an extraordinary crime, which is not only to provide justice and a deterrent effect for the perpetrators, but also prioritizes optimizing asset recovery which will become financial revenue for the state," he said.

As previously reported, RJ Lino was sentenced to 4 years in prison plus a fine of Rp. 500 million, subsidiary to 6 months in prison for being proven guilty of corruption in the procurement and maintenance of 3 QCC units in 2010 at Panjang Port (Lampung), Pontianak (West Kalimantan), and Palembang Port (South Sumatra). .

However, Rosmina as the chairman of the panel of judges submitted a dissenting opinion and stated that RJ Lino had no malicious intent so that he could not be sentenced.

Even so, he was still found guilty because two judges, namely the first member judge Teguh Santoso and the second member judge as ad hoc corruption judge Agus Salim. Both believe that RJ Lino committed corruption.