Former Head Of Makassar Customs Andhi Pramono Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

Former Head Of Makassar Customs And Excise Office, South Sulawesi, Andhi Pramono/ANTARA/Fath Putra Mulya)

JAKARTA - Former Head of the Makassar Customs and Excise Office, South Sulawesi, Andhi Pramono was sentenced to 10 years in prison in the case of receiving gratuities within the Directorate General of Customs and Excise, Ministry of Finance.

Andhi Pramono was also sentenced to a fine of Rp. 1 billion on the condition that if the fine was not paid, it was replaced with imprisonment for six months.

"Therefore, the defendant Andhi Pramono was sentenced to 10 years in prison," said Chief Judge Djuyamto during a trial reading the verdict at the Jakarta Corruption Court, reported by ANTARA, Monday, April 1.

The panel of judges stated that Andhi Pramono was proven to have received gratification and violated Article 12B of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 65 Paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.

"Declaring that the defendant Andhi Pramono has been legally and convincingly proven guilty of committing a criminal act of corruption as indicted by the public prosecutor," said Djuyamto.

In passing the verdict, the panel of judges considered the aggravating thing that Andhi Pramono's actions had reduced public or public trust in the institution where he worked. In addition, Andhi also did not admit his actions.

"The defendant did not assist the government's program in preventing and eradicating corruption," added Djuyamto.

Meanwhile, mitigating matters that were also considered include Andhi Pramono being polite at trial and having never been convicted before.

In this case, Andhi Pramono was proven to have received gratuities totaling Rp58.9 billion from a number of parties when he served a number of strategic positions at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise.

This amount consists of rupiah and foreign currency, namely Rp50,286,275,189.79, then US$264,500 or equivalent to Rp3,800,871,000.00, and 409,000 Singapore dollars or equivalent to Rp4,886,970,000.00.

The verdict of the panel of judges is lower than the demands of the Public Prosecutor (JPU) of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). Previously, he was sentenced to 10 years and three months in prison and a fine of Rp. 1 billion, subsidiary to six months.