Bintan Regent's Dossier Apri Sujadi Delegated To The Corruption Court, The Trial Is Just A Matter Of Time

Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement Ali Fikri (Wardhany Tsa Tsia/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Public Prosecutor (JPU) of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has transferred the files and the indictment of the inactive Bintan Regent Apri Sujadi to the Tipikor Court at the Tanjung Pandang District Court. The handover took place Tuesday, December 21.

Apart from Apri, the prosecutors also transferred the files and the defendant to another defendant, namely Mohd. pious. He is the Acting Head of the Bintan Free Trade Zone and Free Port Concession Agency for the Bintan Regency.

"The team of prosecutors has transferred the case files along with the indictment of defendant Apri Sujadi et al to the Corruption Court at the Tanjung Pinang District Court," Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement Affairs Ali Fikri told reporters Tuesday, December 21.

After the delegation was carried out, the detention of the two defendants became the authority of the Corruption Court. However, Ali said, they were still being placed in the KPK Detention Center at the Red and White Building and the KPK Detention Center in Lot C1 for the time being.

"The next team of prosecutors will wait for the appointment of the Panel of Judges and the determination of the day of the first trial with the reading of the indictment," he said.

In this case, both were charged with two articles, namely Article 2 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 18 of the Anti-Corruption Law in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) to 1 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 65 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code and Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of the Anti-Corruption Law in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) to 1 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 65 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.

Previously reported, Apri allegedly received around Rp. 6.3 billion and Mohd Saleh received around Rp. 800 million. During the construction of the case, the KPK explained that the suspect, Apri, on February 17, 2016 was inaugurated as the Regent of Bintan who ex-officio served as Deputy Chair I of the Bintan Region Council.

With the approval of April, the quota for cigarettes and beverages containing ethyl alcohol (MMEA) was determined and issued a quota of cigarettes of 290.760,000 cigarettes and a quota of MMEA with details, namely class A as many as 228,107.40 liters, group B as many as 35,152.10 liters, and class B as many as 35,152.10 liters. C as much as 17,861.20 liters.

In 2017, BP Bintan issued a quota of 305,876,000 cigarettes (18,500 cartons) and an MMEA quota and it is suspected that from the two quotas there was a distribution of 15,000 cartons for Apri, 2,000 cartons for Mohd Saleh, and 1,500 cartons for other parties.

In February 2018, Apri ordered the Head of Licensing Division of BP Bintan Alfeni Harmi and known by Mohd Saleh to increase BP Bintan's 2018 cigarette quota from the initial count of 21,000 cartons so that the total cigarette quota and MMEA quota set by BP Bintan in 2018 were 452,740,800 cigarettes. (29,761 cartons).

Furthermore, the distribution of the rations was carried out again, where for April it was 16,500 cartons, Mohd Saleh 2,000 cartons, and for other parties 11,000 cartons. The KPK suspects that the actions of the suspects resulted in state financial losses of around Rp250 billion.