Rafael Alun Will Be Sentenced On January 4th

The trial of reading the duplicate with the defendant former official of the Directorate General of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance Rafael Alun Trisambodo at the Corruption Court/DOK ANTARA

JAKARTA - Former officials of the Directorate General of Taxes at the Ministry of Finance Rafael Alun Trisambodo will be sentenced on Thursday, January 4, 2024 by the panel of judges at the Central Jakarta Corruption Court (Tipikor). "That was the second answer or a duplicate from the legal advisor. This does not need to be responded to by the public prosecutor, then it is the judge's turn to read out the verdict (vonics). So we schedule Thursday January 4 for the reading of the verdict," said Chief Judge Suparman Nyompa ending the trial. duplicate reading at the Central Jakarta Corruption Court, reported by Antara, Tuesday, January 2. As for today's duplicate reading trial, Rafael the square through his attorney asked the panel of judges to release him from all charges. The attorney believes that his client is not legally and convincingly proven to have committed the criminal act as charged, so that he is also requested to restore the good name, rights, and a series of assets of the defendant. Previously, last Monday, Rafael Alun Trisambodo was sentenced to 14 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 1 billion, subsidiary to imprisonment for 6 months. He was also required to pay compensation of Rp. 18,994,806,137.00, subsidiary of 3 years. In this case, the Public Prosecutor (JPU) of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) accused Rafael Alun Trisambodo of receiving gratuities worth Rp. 16.6 billion. The gratuity was allegedly received by Rafael Alun and his wife, Ernie Meike Torondek, who is one of the witnesses in the case of alleged receipt of the gratuity. "The defendant together with Ernie Meike Torondek gradually from May 15, 2002 to March 2013, received gratuities in the form of money, a total of Rp. 16,644,806,137," said KPK prosecutor Wawan Yunarwanto at the Corruption Court. Central Jakarta District Court (PN), Jakarta, Wednesday (30/8/2023).

In addition, Rafael and his wife were also charged with money laundering (TPPU) with a value of Rp. 100 billion.