BTS Kominfo Corruption, Former Hudev UI Expert Sentenced To 5 Years In Prison

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JAKARTA - Former Human Development (Hudev) Expert at the University of Indonesia (UI) Yohan Suryanto was found guilty in the corruption case of the 4G base transceiver station (BTS) project and supporting infrastructure 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. Thus, Yohan was sentenced to 5 years in prison. "The defendant Yohan Suryanto was sentenced to 5 years in prison," said Chief Judge Fahzal Hendri during a trial at the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court, Wednesday, November 8. Not only criminal, Yohan Suryanto was also sentenced to a fine of Rp. 200 million, subsidiary to 3 months in prison. Then, pay a replacement money of Rp. 400 million. "Declaring an additional penalty in the form of payment of replacement money of Rp. 400 million is deducted from money that has been confiscated of Rp. 43 million, a subsidiary of 1 year in prison," he said. The verdict was given because Yohan's actions in the series of BTS 4G cases had fulfilled the elements of Article 2 paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 18 of the Corruption Crime Law in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code.

The verdict handed down by the judge was lighter than the demands of the Public Prosecutor. Yohansapanta was demanded to be sentenced to 6 years in prison. Then pay a fine of IDR 250 million, a subsidiary of 3 months, and a replacement money of IDR 399 million, a subsidiary of 3 years. Referring to the indictment, Yohan Suryanto is said to have received money worth Rp 453 million or Rp 453,608,400 in the alleged 4G BTS corruption case.