Proven Guilty Of Selling Sinovac Vaccine, 2 ASN Doctors In North Sumatra Sentenced To Prison

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MEDAN - The panel of judges at the Medan District Court declared 2 doctors with ASN status in North Sumatra guilty in the case of buying and selling Sinovac vaccines. Both were sentenced to different prison terms.

The two ASN doctors, namely Kristinus Saragih, an ASN doctor at the North Sumatra Health Service were sentenced to 2 years in prison and Indra Wirawan, an ASN doctor at the Class IA Tanjung Gusta Rutan was sentenced to 2 years and 8 months in prison.

The verdicts of the two doctors were read out by the panel of judges chaired by Saut Maruli Pasaribu in a teleconference trial held separately in the Cakra IX room, Medan District Court, Wednesday, December 29.

The panel of judges stated that the two defendants were guilty of violating Article 5 paragraph 2 of the Law on the Eradication of Corruption Crimes jo. Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code is the third indictment of the Public Prosecutor.

"It has been proven legally and convincingly that the criminal acts of corruption are being carried out continuously," said presiding judge Saut Maruli Pasaribu.

For their actions, the two doctors were also sentenced to pay a fine of Rp. 50 million each.

"With the condition that if you are unable to pay, you will be replaced with a prison sentence of 2 months," said Saut.

This verdict is lower than the demands of the Public Prosecutor Hendrik Sipahutar. Previously, doctor Kristinus Sagala was sentenced to 3 years in prison, while doctor Indra Wirawan was sentenced to 4 years in prison. Both were also required to pay a fine of Rp. 100 million each, subsidiary of 3 months in prison.

On this decision, both the defendants and the public prosecutor expressed their thoughts.

This case began when the defendant Selviwaty contacted Kristinus Saragih asking that his colleagues be vaccinated.

Initially, the defendant Kristinus refused, then because it was agreed that there would be a payment of Rp. 250,000 per vaccine for each person, Dr. Kristinus was willing to inject the Sinovac type of vaccination.

Then because the stock of vaccines owned by the defendant Kristinus at the North Sumatra Health Service was not enough, Robertson continued, he suggested that the defendant Selviwaty contact the defendant, Dr. Indra Wirawan, who served as a doctor at the Tanjung Gusta Detention Center.

Doctor Indra also agreed that Rp. 250 thousand for one injection of vaccine per person will be paid, so that for two vaccines, Rp. 500 thousand will be paid.

The indictment also stated that the Defendant Doctor Kristinus, who is also a vaccinator, obtained the Sinovac brand of COVID-19 vaccine by vaccinating every time he vaccinated in government agencies, private sector, organizations, religious leaders, community leaders, teachers and the elderly in Medan City. unused.

The defendant was kept and not returned to the North Sumatra Provincial Health Office.

Meanwhile, doctor Indra Wirawan received a vaccine to be injected into people coordinated by Selviwaty using the vaccine ration proposed by the North Sumatran Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham) to the North Sumatra Provincial Health Office (Dinkes).

The vaccine that Indra received from the witness on behalf of Suhadi, Head of the Surveillance and Immunization Section for Disease Control and Prevention at the North Sumatra Provincial Health Office, was not entirely used for or in accordance with the application letter submitted by Indra to the North Sumatra Health Office.

Some have been used by the defendant to vaccinate people who are willing to pay which has been coordinated by Selviwaty in several locations. From the sale of the vaccine, Dr. Kristinus Sagala earned Rp. 90 million. Meanwhile, doctor Indra received Rp. 130 million.

In this case, the panel of judges has sentenced Selviwaty to 20 months in prison.