KPK Appreciates Judge Verdict Former Investigator Stepanus Robin Pattuju 11 Years

Stepanus Robin Pattuju (DOK HUMAS KPK)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) appreciates the Jakarta Corruption Court Judges who sentenced their former investigator, Stepanus Robin Pattuju, to 11 years in prison.

Stepanus, who is a former investigator from the National Police, is a defendant for accepting bribes for handling cases at the anti-corruption commission.

Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement, Ali Fikri, said that the 11-year sentence imposed on Stepanus was a judge's decision that was taken independently according to his duties and authorities. This of course needs to be appreciated.

"KPK appreciates the panel of judges who have decided this case independently according to their duties and authorities," Ali told reporters, Wednesday, January 12.

Not only that, the verdict also proves that Stepanus is guilty. Moreover, Ali said that the basis for determining the verdict was in accordance with the demands submitted by the KPK Public Prosecutor (JPU).

"What the panel of judges considered and decided today that the defendant SRP (Stepanus Robin Pattuju) was proven guilty, was mostly in accordance with what was described by the KPK in the description of the prosecutor's indictment," he said.

"While the difference is only in the severity of the punishment," added Ali.

In addition, the KPK also spoke about the rejection of the justice collaborator application by Stepanus. Ali assessed that the judge's decision was correct because the role of the party named by the former investigator was in accordance with the existing facts.

"The roles of the parties as outlined in the petition for the defendant JC SRP are in accordance with the legal facts," he said.

As previously reported, Stepanus was sentenced to 11 years in prison plus a fine of Rp. 500 million, subsidiary to 6 months in prison, plus the obligation to pay compensation of Rp. 2,322,577,000.

The verdict is lighter than the demands of the KPK prosecutor who asked that Robin be sentenced to 12 years in prison plus a fine of Rp. 500 million, subsidiary to 6 months in prison.

"Aggravating things, the actions of the defendant as a legal apparatus damage the order of state administration that is free of corruption, collusion and nepotism; the defendant's actions do not support the efforts of the government and society which are actively eradicating corruption. polite, and have family responsibilities," said judge Djumyanto when reading the verdict.

At the trial, the panel of judges also rejected Robin's request to be a witness to the perpetrators who collaborated with law enforcement or justice collaborators.

In this case, Stepanus and his fellow advocate, Maskur Husain, were proven to have received bribes of Rp. 11.025 billion and US$36 thousand or around Rp. 513 million, bringing a total of Rp. 11.5 billion related to the management of five corruption cases at the KPK.