KPK Sends Hundreds of Million Confiscated Money on Road Projects Corruption Case in Papua to the State.

KPK Building (DOK. VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deposited IDR 669 million in the state treasury. The money came from a convict of road project in Papua, David Manibui.

"The prosecutor for the execution of the KPK, Friday, January 29, has made deposits to the state treasury in the form of money totaling IDR 669 million from the convicted person, David Manibui," said Acting KPK spokesman for prosecution Ali Fikri in a written statement, Friday, February 5.

The confiscated money was deposited based on the Decision of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia Number: 4607 K/Pid.Sus/2020 dated November 25, 2020 in conjunction with the Decision of the DKI Jakarta High Court Number: 15/PID.SUS.TPK/2020/PT.DKI dated July 3, 2020 Jo Decision of PN Corruption in Central Jakarta District Court Number: 102/Pid.Sus-TPK/2019/PN.Jkt.Pst dated March 30, 2020.

Ali said that the KPK is currently focusing on making asset recovery efforts from the proceeds of corruption that have been enjoyed by corruptors. KPK believes this can have a deterrent effect.

"Criminalization is not only in the aspect of corporate crime as a deterrent effect, but efforts to recover assets from the proceeds of crime enjoyed by the corruptors will also continue to be carried out by the KPK," he said.

It is known, David Manibui is a former Commissioner of PT. Manbers Jaya Mandiri (MJM) who was sentenced to seven years in prison and a fine of IDR. 200 million subsidiary to 2 months in prison at the district court level.

He was convicted of corruption with the former Head of Public Works for Papua Province, Mikael Kambuaya. The judges believed that their actions had caused state losses of up to IDR 40.9 million and were believed to have enriched themselves and the corporation.