Former Aceh Tamiang Regent Sued 7.5 Years In Prison

Former Aceh Regent Tamiang Mursil (central) who became a defendant attended the trial of alleged corruption at the Corruption Court at the Banda Aceh District Court in Banda Aceh. BETWEEN PHOTOS/Ampelsa

BANDA ACEH - The public prosecutor charged the former Aceh Regent Tamiang Musril who was a defendant in a land corruption case with a prison sentence of 7 years and 6 months.

The prosecution read out Agussalim Harahap and his friends from the Aceh Tamiang District Attorney's Office during a trial at the Corruption Court at the Banda Aceh District Court, Aceh, Thursday, February 1.

At a trial chaired by Chief Justice Hamzah Sulaiman accompanied by R. Deddy and Ani Hartati as member judges, the defendant Mursil who served as Regent of Aceh Tamiang for the period 2017 to 2022 attended the trial accompanied by his team of legal advisors.

In addition to imprisonment, the Public Prosecutor demanded that the defendant Mursil pay a fine of Rp. 500 million, subsidiary to 6 months in prison and pay compensation for state losses of Rp. 90 million. If the defendant does not pay compensation for state losses, he will be sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison.

In his indictment, the Public Prosecutor stated that the defendant Mursil while serving as Head of the National Land Agency (BPN) of Aceh Tamiang Regency in 2009 issued a land certificate for the former right to use for oil palm plantation (HGU) PT Desa Jaya. The HGU permit ended in 1988 and has never been extended until now.

"This means that the HGU land is state land. Some time later, the Aceh Tamiang Regency Government made compensation for the land with a value of Rp. 6.4 billion," said the Public Prosecutor.

Based on the facts at the trial, the defendant received Rp90 million from witness Tengku Rusli who was also charged in a separate case file for the issuance of six land certificates on the former HGU land.

"For his actions, the defendant violated Article 2 Paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended into Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption," said the Public Prosecutor.

In addition to prosecuting the defendant Mursil, the Public Prosecutor also charged two other defendants in the same case, namely Tengku Yusni with a sentence of 10 years and 6 months in prison and the defendant Tengku Rusli with a sentence of 9 years and 6 months in prison.

In addition to imprisonment, the Public Prosecutor also demanded that the defendant Tengku Yusni pay a fine of Rp. 500 million, subsidiary to 6 months in prison and pay compensation for state economic losses of Rp. 7.9 billion. If you do not pay, you will be sentenced to 5 years and 3 months in prison.

As for the defendant Tengku Rusli, the prosecutor demanded that he pay a fine of Rp. 500 million, subsidiary to six months in prison and compensation for state losses of Rp. 5.4 billion. If the defendant does not pay, he will be sentenced to 4 years and 9 months.

Based on the facts at the trial, said the Public Prosecutor, the two defendants controlled state land whose HGU permits had expired since 1988. The land area of the former HGU reached an area of 885.65 hectares and a second area of 1,658 hectares. The two lands are located in Aceh Tamiang Regency.

"The profit from the control of state land used as oil palm plantations has caused state economic losses to reach Rp7.9 billion and Rp5.4 billion," said the prosecutor.

After hearing the prosecutor's demands, the panel of judges continued the trial until next week with the agenda of hearing the memorandum of defense of the defendants.