Judge Rejects Memorandum Of Objection To Social Assistance Corruption Defendant Richard Cahyanto

Judge Chairman Djuyamto (left) read out the interlocutory verdict of the defendant General Manager of PT Trimalayan Teknologi Persada Richard Cahyanto (right) at the Corruption Court/DOK ANTARA

JAKARTA - The panel of judges rejected the objection note or exception of the General Manager of PT Trimalayan Teknologi Persada Richard Cahyanto, a defendant in the alleged corruption case of rice social assistance for Beneficiary Families of the Family Hope Program at the Ministry of Social Affairs in 2020 – 2021. "Declaring that the memorandum of objection or exception of the defendant's legal adviser is unacceptable," said Chief Judge Djuyamto at the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court, Jakarta, Antara, Monday, February 12. The judge assessed that the defendant's exception stated that the articles charged were not fulfilled in the description of the indictment had been included in the subject matter of the case which must be proven in the trial. The indictment, according to the panel of judges, has met the material and formal requirements as determined by Article 143 Paragraph (2) letter a and letter b of the Criminal Procedure Code. Therefore, the exception proposed by the defendant was declared unacceptable. "To declare that the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court has the authority to try and examine the a quo case," said Djuyamto. Thus, the case in question continues for further investigation. "Determine the public prosecutor to continue the investigation in the case on behalf of the defendant Richard Cahyanto," said Djuyamto. Richard Cahyanto was charged with committing acts of enriching himself with a nominal value of Rp2,400,000,000 and causing losses to the state's finances or economy amounting to Rp127,144,055,620. In this case, the public prosecutor of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) charged Richard with the President Director of Mitra Energi Persada / Advisory Team of PT Primalayan Teknologi Persada in 2020 Ivo Wongkaren and the Advisory Team of PT Primalayan Teknologi Persada Roni Ramdani. The indictment states that the defendants engineered the consulting work in distributing rice social assistance to Beneficiary Families of the Family Hope Program from the Ministry of Social Affairs.

For his actions, Richard Cahyanto was charged with Article 2 paragraph (1) or Article 3 jo. Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code (KUHP).