JAKARTA - The BUMN Ministry supports the Public Prosecutor (JPU) to demand compensation of Rp. 16.8 trillion from two defendants in cases of corruption in managing funds and the use of investment funds at PT Asuransi Jiwasraya (Persero).
"We know that there are demands of up to Rp. 16.8 trillion. These are steps to recover the losses suffered by Jiwasraya," said Special Staff to the Minister of BUMN Arya Sinulingga, quoted from Antara , Friday, October 16.
He said the prosecutor's demands against the President Director of PT Hanson International Tbk Benny Tjokrosaputro and the owner of PT Maxima Integra Investama as well as the President Commissioner of PT Trada Alam Minera Tbk Heru Hidayat were a form of the Attorney's seriousness in providing justice.
In addition to compensation, he continued, Heru and Benny also face life imprisonment.
"Heru and Benny Tjokrosaputro have now been sued for life by the Attorney, without the intention of intervening in the court. We hope that the verdict will provide a sense of justice for the people as well," he said.
Arya conveyed that the existence of a prison sentence of up to life shows the seriousness of the government in eradicating corruption.
"For us the Ministry that this is a very positive step and shows the seriousness not only of us in the Ministry of BUMN but from the side of the legal apparatus. This verdict is an unprecedented verdict, a sentence of up to life for corporate crimes," he said.
Previously, in the first indictment, the prosecutor stated that Heru Hidayat and Benny Tjokrosaputro together with the President Director of PT Asuransi Jiwasraya (Persero) 2008-2018 Hendrisman Rahim, Jiwasraya's Finance Director for the January 2013-2018 period Hary Prasetyo, Head of Jiwasraya's Investment and Finance Division Syahmirwan 2008-2014 and "advisor" PT Maxima Integra Joko Hartomo Tirto made investment arrangements by buying shares and Medium Term Notes (MTN) which were used as a portfolio of PT. AJS either "direct", in the form of a fund management contract (KPD), limited participation mutual funds (RDPT) and conventional mutual funds.
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