Corruption Accused Of BOS Funds At SDN 19 Cakranegara Sentenced To 5.5 Years In Prison

Defendant of corruption in School Operational Assistance (BOS) funds for the 2015-2017 period at SDN 19 Cakranegara, Mataram City, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), Heny Leonita, was sentenced to 5.5 years or 5 years 6 months in prison/Photo: Antara

MATARAM - The accused of corruption in the 2015-2017 School Operational Assistance (BOS) fund at SDN 19 Cakranegara, Mataram City, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), Heny Leonita, was sentenced to 5.5 years or 5 years 6 months in prison. Kadek Dedy Arcana in the trial of Henny Leonita's decision at the Mataram Corruption District Court, Wednesday 18 May, said that the criminal sentence refers to the proof of Article 2 paragraph 1 Juncto Article 18 of Law No. 20/2001 on Amendments to Laws of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31/1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Junto Article 64 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code. "Hereby sentenced the defendant Heny Leonita to a prison sentence of 5 years and 6 months," said Kadek as quoted by Antara. The judge sentenced the former Head of SDN 19 Cakranegara in accordance with the primary indictment of the public prosecutor. In addition to the prison sentence, Heny Leonita was also charged with a fine of Rp. 300 million, subsidiary of 2 years and 6 months in prison. n proof of state losses in accordance with Article 18 of Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 20/2001 concerning Amendments to Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31/1999 concerning Eradication of Corruption in State Loss, the judge also burdened Heny Leonita to pay compensation of Rp.844.12 million. period of one month since the decision has permanent legal force, the defendant cannot pay the replacement money, the prosecutor will confiscate and auction the defendant's property to cover the replacement money. imprisonment for 2 years and 6 months.

Furthermore, the judge handed down such a verdict to the defendant based on the considerations revealed in the facts of the trial. One of them was regarding the examination of the accountability report from the school which was not in accordance with the implementation in the field. This has been confirmed by the results of an audit of the calculation of state losses of the State Finance and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP) for the NTB Representative, amounting to Rp.844.12 million as charged to the defendant. In the prosecution, the prosecutor demanded that the judge sentenced Heny Leonita to 7 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 300 million subsidiary to 4 months in prison. The prosecutor also demanded that Heny Leonita pay compensation for state losses amounting to Rp. With this decision, the public prosecutor and the defendant stated that they were still thinking about it. The judge also reminded both parties to provide legal statements within a week after the verdict was read.