Henry Surya Divonis Free, Princess Alvin Lim Asks The Public Prosecutor To Be Checked

Kate Victoria Lim, daughter of attorney for the victim of KSP Indosurya, Alvin Lim/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - The panel of judges at the West Jakarta District Court (PN Jakbar) has acquitted Henry Surya, a defendant in a case of fraud and embezzlement of customer funds from the Indosurya Savings and Loans Cooperative, Cipta. The judge stated that what Henry Surya had done was a civil act, not a crime.

The judge's decision made the victims of KSP Indosurya Cipta feel disappointed. The victim assessed that the Public Prosecutor (JPU) was deemed unable to prove his charges and that the Attorney General's Office was considered not serious in carrying out its duties.

"Indosurya's case is proof that all the words of my father are true. The Attorney General who always said that the law must be sharp up, in the Indosurya case, in fact the law cannot be sharp up to Henry Surya," said Kate Victoria Lim, daughter of attorney for the victim of KSP Indosurya, Alvin Lim.

"The public prosecutor in this case, namely prosecutor Syahnan Tanjung, has failed to prove the indictment, so Henry Surya can be acquitted by the judge," he added.

Kate said that from the start her party had been aware of the alleged unprofessionalism of prosecutors in this case. One of them is reflected in the prosecutor's request for police investigators to examine all victims, when the case file was returned first. In fact, he said, the number of Indosurya victims was not small, so it was impossible to carry out an overall examination.

Kate assessed that Prosecutor Syahnan Tanjung, Jampidum and Director of TPUL were considered responsible for this. He also asked the three people to be examined, if they are proven problematic, sanctions should be imposed.

"How to examine all victims in Indonesia, 14,600 victims. But at that time it was failed after the father went viral," said Kate.

Alvin Lim, led by LQ Indonesia Lawfirm himself, was later thrown into prison in a case of false identity. The prosecutor who sued Alvin, also prosecutor Syahnan Tanjung. This condition is considered by Kate to be related to the Indosurya case because Alvin Lim's previous case had been signed in 2019. According to Kate, why was it only tried again in 2022, when Alvin Lim opened the P19 mode, Indosurya died.

"Father was charged with participating in using a fake ID card, because the address was used on the fake ID card. There was no single case, not even one witness. Then the Tanjung prosecutor charged my father for six years in this case, where the main perpetrator was sentenced to 2.5 years," said Kate.

"This is the only time this has happened in Indonesia. Where the biggest ponzi scheme criminals who cost Rp106 trillion can be released. Meanwhile, Alvin Lim, the lawyer who defended the victims from Indosurya, was even imprisoned," he continued.

Kate said, when Prosecutor Syahnan Tanjung stated that he would file a complaint with President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), according to him, this was just an image. Because, Kate continued, if it is serious, complaints should be made to the Supreme Court Supervisory Board or the Judicial Commission, as the institution authorized to oversee the performance of judges.