Executor Of Pier Project In Gili Air, North Lombok Sentenced To 6 Years In Prison

Defendant of corruption in the Gili Air jetty project, Edi SA Rahman (right) discusses with a team of legal advisers during a court decision at the Mataram Tipikor District Court, NTB, Tuesday (5/7/2022). ANTARA/Dhimas BP

MATARAM - The panel of judges sentenced the executive of the dock construction project to the 2017 fiscal year in the Gili Air tourist area, North Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara, Edi SA Rahman.

"The defendant Edi SA Rahman has been sentenced to 6 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 200 million," said Chief Justice I Ketut Somanasa when reading the verdict of the defendant Edi SA Rahman at the Mataram Corruption District Court, reported by Antara, Tuesday, July 5.

If the defendant is unable to pay the fine within a period of 1 month from the date the decision has permanent legal force, the judge requires Edi to replace it with imprisonment for 3 months.

To the defendant, the judge also charged the payment of state compensation with a value of Rp. 617 million, subsidiary to 2 years in prison.

The judge stated that Edi SA Rahman's actions were proven to have violated Article 2 Juncto Article 18 of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 20/2001 concerning Amendments to RI Law Number 31/1999 regarding the Eradication of Corruption Crimes Juncto Article 55 paragraph 1 of the 1st Criminal Code, according to the primary indictment. .

"Declaring that the defendant is legally and convincingly proven to have committed a criminal act of corruption together as described in the primary indictment," he said.

The verdict is not much different from the previous prosecutor's demands. Edi was sentenced to 6 years in prison. However, the criminal fine has increased from the previous Rp. 100 million, subsidiary to 3 months in prison.

Likewise with the burden of replacement money, the judge's decision is no different from the prosecutor's demand, Rp. 617.3 million. The only difference is in the substitute sentence, from a sentence of 2 years and 6 months to 2 years in prison.

The prosecutor previously also charged with different charges from the judge's decision, namely Article 3 Juncto 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 Criminal Acts of Corruption Juncto Article 55 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code , according to the subsidiary indictment.

The judge in Edi's decision conveyed a burdensome consideration. One of them is regarding state losses that emerged from the audit results of the expert team for calculating state losses, from the NTB Inspectorate.

Therefore, in the description of the verdict, it was also stated that the defendant Edi SA Rahman, who acted as the recipient of the power of attorney from the Director of PT Gelora Megah Sejahtera, Suwandi, was declared the party responsible for the emergence of state losses of Rp.782 million.

The emergence of losses from the dock construction project in the Gili Air tourist area at the North Lombok Regency Transportation, Maritime and Fisheries Service, with a contract value of Rp. 6.28 billion, was proven by a construction expert study.

It was found that there was a lack of work volume with a compensation value of Rp. 98.138 million and an overpayment of three items worth Rp. 684.238 million.

Regarding the figure for the replacement money charged to defendant Edi, worth Rp. 617.3 million, it was the result of deducting money from three other defendants, with a value of Rp. 40 million from Suwandi, Rp. 50 million from Slamet Waloejo, and Rp. 75 million from Luqmanul Hakim.

After reading the verdict, the Panel of Judges, composed of I Ketut Somanasa as chairman and members of Glorius Anggundoro and Fadhli Hanra, gave the public prosecutor and the defendant the opportunity to take 7 days to make a decision.