A Friend Of The Pinangki Prosecutor, Andi Irfan Jaya, Sentenced To 6 Years In Prison And A Fine Of Rp. 100 Million

Andi Irfan Jaya (DOK. ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The panel of judges decided to imprison the defendant Andi Irfan Jaya in the Supreme Court (MA) fatwa gratification case.

Apart from being criminalized, Andi Irfan was also sentenced to a fine of Rp. 100 million subsidiary to 4 months in prison.

"Sentencing the defendant is therefore with a sentence of 6 years. And a fine of Rp. 100 million on the condition that if the fine is not paid, it will be replaced by imprisonment for 4 months," said chief judge Ignasius Eko Purwanto in a trial at the Corruption Court, Central Jakarta. , Monday, January 18th.

Andi Irfan Jaya was proven to have legally committed a criminal act of corruption in accordance with Article 11 and Article 15 in conjunction with Article 13 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Corruption Crime.

"On trial, declaring that the defendant Andi Irfan Jaya has been legally proven and convincingly guilty of committing a crime of deliberately giving assistance to corruption crimes committed and an evil consensus to commit a criminal act of corruption," said Eko.

The verdict for Andi Irfan Jaya was based on two considerations. For burdensome considerations, Andi Irfan Jaya is considered to have helped Joko Soegiarto Tjandra not to be executed in prison for the Bank Bali cessie case.

Then, Andi Irfan Jaya is also considered to be covering up the involvement of other parties in this case. In fact, he also did not support the government's program to eradicate corruption.

"The actions of the defendant helped witness Joko Soegiarto Tjandra avoid the implementation of the PK decision number 12 dated June 11, 2009 in the Rp904 billion cessie Bank Bali case which has not yet been served," said Eko.

"The defendant denied his actions and covered up the involvement of other parties in the a quo case. The defendant did not support the government's program in running a clean country free from corruption, collusion and nepotism. The defendant was convoluted and did not admit his guilt," Eko continued.

Meanwhile, for consideration of mitigation, Andi Irfan Jaya was considered polite during the trial process. Besides, he is the backbone of the family.

"The defendant behaved politely at trial, the defendant was the backbone of the family, had a young dependent child, the defendant had never been convicted, the defendant did not enjoy the results of the crime he had committed," said Eko.

Previously, Andi Irfan Jaya was sued for 2 years and 6 months and a fine of Rp. 100 million, subsidiary to 4 months in prison. This is because he is strongly suspected of having committed an evil consensus to commit a criminal act of corruption. The agreement was made by Andi Irfan Jaya together with Attorney Pinangki Sirna Malasari and Joko S. Tjandra.

This malicious plot to give or promise US $ 10 million in cash to officials at the Attorney General's Office and the Supreme Court.

In addition, this consensus was related to the processing of a fatwa from the Supreme Court (MA) to help Joko Tjandra not to be executed in a corruption case regarding the transfer of collection rights (cessie) Bank Bali.

Andi Irfan Jaya's role began when he was introduced by Attorney Pinangki Sirna Malasari to Joko Tjandra as a consultant, on November 25, 2019.

As a consultant, Andi Irfan Jaya is said to be able to reduce coverage in the mass media if Joko Tjandra returns to Indonesia. Then, he also provided an action plan that had been designed to Joko Tjandra. The action plan contains the MA fatwa.

In addition, Andi Irfan Jaya is also referred to as an intermediary. This is because he gave money of 500 thousand United States (US) dollars from Joko Tjandra to Attorney Pinangki Sirna Malasari.