JAKARTA - The Public Prosecutor (JPU) of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) charged the defendant Stevi Thomas with imprisonment of two years and two months in the bribery case of the inactive Governor of North Maluku (Malut) Abdul Gani Kasuba (AGK).
KPK prosecutor Andry Lesmana concluded that the defendant legally and convincingly according to the law was guilty of committing a criminal act of corruption as regulated and threatened in Article 5 Paragraph 1 letter a of Law of the Republic of Indonesia No. 31 of 1999 in conjunction with Article 64 Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code as stated in the first indictment.
According to Andry, the aggravating factors of the defendant did not support government regulations in eradicating corruption, while the mitigating factors for the defendant, namely having family responsibilities, being polite and respecting the trial, had never been convicted and regretted his actions.
"We, the public prosecutor in this case, demand that the Corruption Court at the Ternate District Court (PN) who examines and hears this case decide, declare that the defendant Stevi Thomas is legally and convincingly proven guilty of committing a criminal act of corruption as regulated and threatened with crime in Article 5 Paragraph 1 letter a of the Corruption Act. Sentencing the defendant with imprisonment for two years and two months and a fine of Rp. 50 million, subsidiary to imprisonment for two months, "said the KPK prosecutor at a trial held at the Corruption Court at the Ternate District Court (PN), Thursday 2 May, confiscated by Antara.
In addition, the prosecutor asked the judge to determine the length of detention for the defendant to be reduced entirely from the sentence imposed.
"Declaring that the defendant remains in detention, stating that evidence number 1 to evidence number 747 is used in the Daud Ismail case, setting a court fee of Rp. 7500 charged to the defendant," said the KPK prosecutor.
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According to the KPK prosecutor, based on the facts of the trial within the defendant Stevi Thomas, there were also no reasons that could remove the element of error or that could be held accountable for criminal law, both the reasons for forgiveness and the reasons for justification as stipulated in Article 44 to Article 52 of the Criminal Code.
After hearing the demands of the KPK prosecutor, Stevi Thomas, Andry said he would file a memorandum of defense or plea.
"We will respond to Your Majesty's next defense note," said Stevi.
In that case, the Chairman of the Ternate District Court! Franciscus as Chair of the Panel of Judges, accompanied by two member judges, namely the Deputy Chair of the Ternate District Court, Haryanta as a member of 1 and Kadar Nooh as a member of 2 and accompanied by two ad-hoc judges, namely Samhadi and Moh. Yakob Widodo.
Meanwhile, the defendant Stevi Thomas is considered to have committed several actions that are related in such a way that he is seen as a continuing act.
The defendant Stevi is considered to have given money to the inactive North Maluku Governor Abdul Gani Kasuba for 60 thousand US dollars, so that AGK provides relevant convenience in issuing permits - technical recommendation permits.
Giving or promising something, namely the Defendant has given money in stages with a total amount of USD 60,000.00 to civil servants or State Administrators, namely to Abdul Gani Kasuba as Governor with the intention that the civil servant or state administrator do or do not do something in his position that is contrary to his obligations, namely that the money is given with the intention that the AGK as the Governor of North Maluku Province provides convenience in issuing permits and technical recommendations from regional apparatus organizations (OPD) within the North Maluku Provincial Government (Pemprov) which is under its structure, related to permits and technical recommendations proposed by companies under Harita Group, said the Public Prosecutor.
Meanwhile, Chief Justice Franciscus stated, after listening to the demands of the KPH prosecutor, of course the defendant has the right to file a defense both verbally and in writing.
According to him, the defendant Stevi will present his defense or plea on Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 10.00 WIT.
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