Public Prosecutor Demands 2 Corruption Convicts Of Mataram Health Polytechnic 7.6 Years In Prison

Awan (right) and Fikri (left two), two defendants of corruption in the practice of Poltekkes Mataram at the Corruption Court at the Mataram District Court, Monday, March 25, 2024. (ANTARA-Dhimas B.P.)

JAKARTA - The public prosecutor (JPU) has demanded a sentence of 7 years and 6 months in prison for two corruption defendants in the procurement of teaching and learning support tools (APBM) for the 2017 fiscal year at the Mataram Health Polytechnic (Poltekkes), West Nusa Tenggara (NTB).

"Demanding that the panel of judges who tried the cases belonging to the defendants Awan Dramawan and Zainal Fikri impose a sentence on each defendant with a prison sentence of seven years and six months," said JPU team representative Ema Muliawati when reading the material of the charges before the Corruption Court Judge at the Mataram District Court, Monday, March 25, confiscated by Antara.

In addition to the criminal sentence, the prosecutor asked the panel of judges to impose a fine on the two defendants worth Rp. 300 million, subsidiary to 4 months in prison.

The prosecutor in the prosecution also asked the judge to charge the two defendants to pay compensation for state financial losses worth Rp3.24 billion with a total of Rp1.94 billion for Clouds and Zainal Fikri Rp1.29 billion.

"If the replacement money is not paid within one month, the defendant's property will be confiscated and auctioned off to cover the amount of replacement money, and if the property is not sufficient, each defendant will be sentenced to three years and nine months in prison," he said.

The prosecutor conveyed such a claim by stating that the actions of the two defendants were proven to have violated Article 2 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code which refers to the primary indictment.

The prosecutor stated that the charges were in accordance with the facts revealed in the trial that the two defendants committed criminal acts of corruption together and neglected their duties to cause state financial losses.

"Meskipun dalam fakta persidangan tidak dapat terbukti aliran dana ke kedua terdakwa. Namun demikian, sesuai aturan pidana, kedua terdakwa sebagai penanggung jawab dapat dibebani uang pengganti yang timbul akibat kekurangan pekerjaan atau kepelaluhan dalam menjalankan tugas," tandasnya.