Banjarmasin Prosecutor's Office Files Cassation On Free Sentences Of 4 Defendants Of Corruption In Shipyard Projects

Albertus Pattaru, former Commercial Director of PT Kodja Bahari hugged his attorney when he was acquitted at the Banjarmasin Corruption Court. (ANTARA/Firman)

JAKARTA - The Banjarmasin District Attorney (Kejari), South Kalimantan (Kalsel) filed an appeal to the Supreme Court (MA) on the acquittal of four defendants in the corruption case of the shipyard construction project at PT Dok & Shipping Kodja Bahari. "Because the decision was free, we filed an appeal," said Head of Intelligence at the Banjarmasin Kejari Dimas Purnama Putra in Banjarmasin, Antara, Tuesday, July 11. According to Dimas, his party believes that the four of them are guilty in the alleged corruption case previously investigated by the South Kalimantan High Prosecutor's Office. Therefore, the court's first-degree legal decision will be tested by the Supreme Court as the Highest State Court tasked with fostering uniformity in law enforcement through cassation and review decisions. It is known that the four defendants, Albertus Pattaru, former Commercial Director of PT Kodja Bahari, Suharyono, former Director of Operations and Engineering of PT Dok and Shipship of Kodja Bahari Banjarmasin, then Muh Saleh as the executor of PT Lidy’s Arta Borneo and Lidyannor, owner of PT Lidy's Arta Borneo, were acquitted of the panel of judges at the Banjarmasin Corruption Court, Tuesday (27/6). The Public Prosecutor (JPU) previously charged with a primary charge, namely Article 2 paragraph 1 of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption in conjunction with Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 20 of 2001 concerning amendments to Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) to 1 of the Criminal Code. As for the subsidiary indictment, Article 3 paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 18 of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the 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) to 1 of the Criminal Code. The four defendants were also sentenced to nine years in prison and for the defendant Muh Saleh as the executor of the company PT Lidy's Arta Borneo was charged with a heavier replacement fee of Rp. 5.7 billion and if not paid, he would be sentenced to four years and six months in prison. The defendants are suspected of having committed a criminal act of corruption in the work of building a luxury dock or pond dock at PT. Dok & Shipship of Kodja Bahari (Persero) Shipyard Banjarmasin which is located at Jalan Ir P Moch Noor, Kuin Cerucuk Village, West Banjarmasin District, Banjarmasin City in 2018 with a budget ceiling of Rp. 18 billion.

As long as the legal process goes on, the four of them are not detained, including up to the trial stage until the reading of the verdict.