Supreme Court Cuts The Sentence Of The Former Director Of Praya Muzakir Hospital To Langkir To 7.5 Years

Photos of the former Director of Praya Muzakir Hospital Langkir / DOK ANTARA

JAKARTA - The Supreme Court Judge cut the sentence of former Director of Praya Hospital Dr. Muzakir Langkir from 8 years to 7.5 years in prison. Muzakir is a defendant in the corruption case of funds from the Regional Public Service Agency (BLUD) for the 2017-2020 fiscal year. Head of the Intelligence Section of the Central Lombok Kejari I Made Juri Imanu confirmed this in accordance with the decision of the Supreme Court Number: 1319 K/Pid.Sus/2024. "Yes, based on the decision we received, the verdict corrected the decision of PT NTB Number: 8/PID.TPK/2023/PT MTR dated September 7, 2023," said Jury in a written statement received in Mataram, Antara, Monday, March 18. With this decision, the Supreme Court changed the defendant's main sentence with a sentence of 7.5 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 500 million, subsidiary to 6 months in prison. In addition to the main sentence, the Supreme Court also changed the additional penalty in the form of compensation for state losses of Rp.883 million, minus the return from the providers and defendants so that the remaining amounted to Rp. 534 million. "The subsidiary (substitute cage) is 2 years and 9 months," he said. In the Supreme Court's decision, the defendant was also charged with paying a replacement fee of Rp877 million minus the return from witnesses so that the remaining that Muzakir Langkir had to pay was Rp862 million. "The subsidiary (substitute cage) is 6 months in prison," he said. Previously, the NTB High Court through the appeal decision Number: 8/PID.TPK/2023/PT MTR, dated September 7, 2023, also changed the decision of the Corruption Court at the Mataram District Court Number: 8/Pid.Sus-TPK/2023/PN Mtr dated July 11, 2023, just regarding the main sentence, nominal money to compensate for state losses, and the status of evidence. The judge at the appeal level in the verdict stated that Muzakir Langkir's actions were legally and convincingly proven guilty of committing a criminal act of corruption together as the first primary cumulative indictment and the second cumulative charge of the second alternative.

The judge at the appeal level sentenced Muzakir Langkir to 8 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 300 million, subsidiary to 6 months in prison, and also charged Muzakir Langkir to pay compensation for state losses of Rp. 1.26 billion, subsidiary to one year and 6 months in prison. replacement.