According To Kasasi, The Former Head Of The NTB Distanbun Husnul Fauzi's Sentence Was Less Than 11 To 9 Years

Corruption-Defendant documents on the R&D III hybrid corn seed procurement project in the 2017/ANTARA fiscal year

MATARAM - The criminal sentence of corruption in the procurement of corn seeds in 2017 for the former Head of the West Nusa Tenggara Agriculture and Plantation Service (Distanbun) Husnul Fauzi was reduced from 11 to 9 years in prison. The spokesman for the Mataram District Court, Kelik Trimargono, confirmed that the reduced sentence for Husnul Fauzi was in accordance with the excerpt of the Supreme Court's cassation decision. "Yes, according to the excerpt we received, the defendant (Husnul Fauzi) was sentenced to 9 years in prison and reduced from before at the appeal level for 11 years," said Kelik in Mataram, Antara, Tuesday, September 27. The Supreme Court's cassation judge who decided the case was Suhadi as Suharto and H. Ansori's chairman and member. In the excerpt of the cassation case belonging to the defendant Husnul Fauzi Number: 3835/K/Pid.Sus/2022, the judge rejected the appeal of the defendant Husnul Fauzi and corrected the decision of the NTB High Court. "In improving the verdict, the fine is still IDR 600 million. However, the subsidiary changed from 4 months to 6 months in prison," he said. In the cassation judge's decision, the defendant Husnul Fauzi was found guilty of violating Article 2 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law no. 20 of 2001 in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code in accordance with the primary indictment of the public prosecutor. When compared to the court's decision at the first instance, Husnul Fauzi's cassation decision was much lighter. At the Mataram Corruption District Court, Husnul Fauzi was sentenced to 13 years in prison and a fine of Rp600 million, subsidiary to 4 months in prison. With the acceptance of an excerpt from the Supreme Court's decision, Kelik ensured that his party had forwarded the news to the parties, both the public prosecutor and the defendant Husnul Fauzi. "Today we will forward an excerpt copy to each party," he said. Regarding the cassation decision for three other defendants, namely commitment-making official (PPK) Wayan Wikanaya and seed provider, namely Director of PT Wahana Banu Sejahtera (WBS) L. Ikhwanul Hubby and Director of PT Sinta Agro Mandiri (SAM) Aryanto Prametu, Kelik said that his party had not yet received it from the Supreme Court. "So, only the defendant Husnul has left an excerpt of his decision. For the other defendants, there is none yet," said Kelik. It is known that seed procurement in 2017 cost Rp48.25 billion. The distribution of seeds is carried out in two stages. The first stage was carried out by PT SAM with a budget of Rp. 17.25 billion for the procurement of 480 tons of corn seeds. The second stage was carried out by PT WBS with a budget of Rp. 31 billion for 840 tons of corn seeds. Based on the results of the NTB BPKP audit, the total state losses arose of Rp27.35 billion. The loss arose from the first phase procurement carried out by PT SAM with a value of Rp15.43 billion. In the second stage, PT WBS lost Rp11.92 billion. Losses arise from the return of damaged seeds from farmers. While this case is still at the investigation stage, the seed provider has returned some of the findings of state losses based on the findings of the Inspectorate General (Itjen) of the Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture. At that time, PT SAM deposited Rp7.5 billion directly in the state treasury, while from PT WBS it was Rp3.1 billion.