JAKARTA - The President Director of PDAM Kudus Regency, Central Java, Ayatullah Humaini, has been sentenced to 4 years in prison in a trial for alleged levies in the recruitment process for employees at the regional-owned company.
In addition, the defendant was also required to pay a fine of IDR 50 million. If not paid, it will be replaced with a prison sentence of 3 months.
"To declare the defendant guilty of violating Article 11 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Corruption, which has been amended and added to Law Number 20 of 2001," said Public Prosecutor Sri Heryono during a trial at the Semarang Corruption Court, reported by Antara. , Tuesday, January 5.
In his description, the prosecutor stated that the defendant was proven to know and ordered to ask for a sum of money from the employee candidate who wanted to be appointed in the amount of Rp75 million per person.
The existence of levies in the employee recruitment process began when the defendant borrowed Rp. 600 million from a businessman named Sukma Oni who was also tried in this case.
The money, said the prosecutor, was used by the defendant to run for the selection of PDAM Kudus Director in 2018.
The defendant paid Rp600 million to two members of the winning team for the then Regent M.Tamzil to be appointed as managing director.
For the loan, the defendant will pay back a sum of money from the PDAM candidate and give the project to Sukma Oni at the PDAM.
The prosecutor explained that during the recruitment process, Sukma Oni, who was in charge of receiving levies, had collected a total of Rp720 million from a number of prospective employees.
Of that money, he continued, as much as Rp. 77 million was enjoyed directly by the defendant, while the remaining Rp. 643 million was to pay off debts to Sukma Oni.
In considering the size of the charges submitted, the prosecutor considered the defendant to have served a sentence in a criminal case he was in.
"The defendant never felt guilty and did not confess his actions," he said in the trial which was held online.
Upon these charges, the judge gave the defendant the opportunity to file a defense at the hearing next week.
Apart from Ayatulah Humaini, the two other defendants in the case, Sukma Oni and PDAM Kudus Head of Personnel, Toni Yulantoro, were each charged with a sentence of 2 years in prison and a fine of IDR 50 million.
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