Former Ambon Mayor Richard Lohenapessy Was Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison In Bribe And Gratification Cases

Former Ambon Mayor Richard Louhenapssy was sentenced to five years in prison in bribery and gratification cases/ANTARA

JAKARTA - The panel of judges at the Ambon District Court sentenced former Ambon Mayor, Richard Lohenapessy, as Defendant I in the bribery and gratuity case worth Rp. 8,047 billion. "Declaring that the defendant is legally and convincingly proven guilty of violating Article 12 (b) in lower letters and 12 (B) in conjunction with Article 18 of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code," said the chairman of the panel of judges, Wilsonosilver, in Ambon, Antara, Thursday, February 9. Defendant I was also sentenced to pay a fine of IDR 500 million, subsidiary to one year in prison and a fine of IDR 8.045 billion, subsidiary to three years in prison. Then a number of accounts belonging to Defendant I in several banks have also been blocked and stored in KPK holding accounts worth more than Rp. 6 billion, so the funds will be calculated to compensate for state financial losses. Meanwhile, a number of assets in the form of cars originally confiscated by the KPK were declared returned. Meanwhile, Andreuw Erin Hehanussa as Defendant II in this case was sentenced to two years and six months in prison and paid a fine of Rp. 200 million, subsidiary to three months in prison. The panel of judges also stated that they did not find any validity or forgiveness in this case. In its ruling, the panel of judges also stated that the aggravating thing for Defendant I Richard was sentenced to prison for not complying with the government's program to eradicate the KKN and had received a gratuity of Rp8.047 billion but did not report to the KPK. Meanwhile, the mitigating factor is that the defendant has never been convicted and has family responsibilities. Then the thing that incriminated the defendant II Andreuw was sentenced to prison because it was complicated to complicate the trial process, and the mitigating thing was that the defendant had never been convicted. The verdict of the panel of judges was lighter than the demands of the KPK prosecutor team who asked Defendant I to be sentenced to 8.5 years in prison and Defendant II to five years in prison and a fine of Rp. 200 million, subsidiary to three months in prison. Based on this decision, both the KPK prosecutor team and the legal advisers of the two defendants expressed their thoughts.