The Corruption Session Of The Weigh Bridge Land Of The Tabalong Transportation Agency Was Held Virtually, The Defendant MI Was Presented At The Tanjung Detention Center

The trial of alleged corruption in land acquisition for the construction of the Tabalong Transportation Agency Weigh Bridge with the defendant MI was held in two locations virtually. (Between)

The trial of the alleged corruption case in land acquisition for the construction of the Tabalong Regency Weigh Bridge (Dishub) with the defendant MI was held in two locations virtually.

Head of the Tabalong District Attorney's Office Mohamad Ridin said the trial with the agenda of reading this indictment presented MI at the Tanjung Detention Center (Rutan).

"The trial was held in two separate places, for the defendant MI at the Tanjung Detention Center, while the Public Prosecutor and Legal Counsel from the defendant at the Banjarmasin Corruption Court," he told reporters in Tabalong, South Kalimantan (Kalsel), Wednesday, March 1, quoted by Antara.

In the indictment, MI was charged with Primair Article 2 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended and supplemented by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1 of the Criminal Code and Subsidies Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption.

As amended and supplemented by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code.

Previously, the Tabalong Police arrested MI along with evidence in the form of three bank statements in the name of the suspect, two receipts of loan money and a statement on the release of land land as well as news of the payment of compensation.

The defendant MI allegedly received payment of land compensation money amounting to Rp1.9 billion and for the construction of bridge facilities and infrastructure compared to the Tabalong Regency Government, a budget of Rp5 billion was budgeted for the SKPD DPPA for the 2017 Fiscal Year.

In this case of alleged corruption in the weight bridge, the legal apparatus first processed the suspect RN, who is an ASN at the Tabalong Regency Transportation Service. In the Supreme Court's decision Number 938 K/Pid.Sus/2022 on March 8, 2022, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced to six years and a fine of Rp. 400 million.

However, the Panel of Judges at the Corruption Court acquitted the defendant RN at the Banjarmasin District Court based on decision Number: 21/Pid.Sus-TPK/2020/PN.Bjm dated March 25, 2021.

Furthermore, the Public Prosecutor submitted a cassation legal action on April 6, 2021 and submitted a Memory of Cassation on April 19, 2021 until the Supreme Court's decision was issued on March 8, 2022, which found the convict guilty.

The prosecutor's office has not executed RN because it has disappeared, then the Tabalong District Attorney also appointed a DPO against RN by coordinating with the attorney general in stages through the high prosecutor's office, the police for the execution of the convict.