Former Chairman Of The West Java DPRD Irfan Suryanagara Apart From Claims For 12 Years In Prison And A Fine Of Rp. 2 Billion In Embezzlement Cases

Former Chairman of the West Java DPRD Irfan Suryanagara attended the online verdict hearing at the Bale Bandung District Court, Bandung Regency, West Java/ANTARA

BANDUNG - The Bale Bandung District Court (PN) has issued an acquittal against former West Java DPRD Chairman Irfan Suryanagara, who was previously a defendant in a gas station business embezzlement case. Irfan was previously charged by the Public Prosecutor (JPU) with imprisonment for 12 years and a fine of Rp. 2 billion for cases of embezzlement of fraud and money laundering. "Freeing the defendant from all legal charges," said Chief Justice Dwi Sugianto at the Bale Bandung District Court, Bandung Regency, West Java, quoted from Antara, Wednesday, February 8. The judge assessed that Irfan was not proven to have committed fraud in accordance with the first indictment, namely Article 378 of the Criminal Code. Furthermore, the judge also released Irfan from a number of cumulative charges. According to the judge, Irfan and the victim, namely Selly Gandawidjaja, had business relations in several years. The reason is, the judge assessed that Stelly gave Irfan business-related assets consciously. In that case, the judge said he did not see any elements of fraud. So the judge also considered that the case was not included in a criminal act, but civil. After being found innocent, the judge ordered that some of the evidence previously confiscated be returned to Irfan. Apart from Irfan, in that case Irfan's wife was also involved, Endang Kusumawaty, as a defendant. The judge also acquitted Endang of the alleged embezzlement case. The judge ordered that Irfan be immediately released from custody. Meanwhile, Irfan was detained at the Kebonwaru Detention Center (Rutan) Bandung during the trial process. That way, the judge also invited the litigants to file a legal action if they disagreed with the decision made by the panel of judges. "Ordered the defendant to be released from custody immediately after this decision, restoring the defendant's rights, in his position and dignity," said the judge. The prosecutor said that Irfan was charged in accordance with Article 378 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code concerning fraud, and Article 3 in conjunction with Article 10 of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering (TPPU).