North Maluku Governor's Bribery Case, KPK Prosecutor Demands 3 Years In Prison For Former Head Of North Maluku PUPR

The defendant Daud Ismail was present at the agenda of the prosecution hearing held at the Ternate State Corruption Court (Tipikor), Friday (3/5/2024). ANTARA/Abdul Fatah (Abdul Fatah)

JAKARTA - The Public Prosecutor (JPU) of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) demanded 3 years in prison for the former Head of the North Maluku Public Works and Spatial Planning (PUPR), Daud Ismail, in the bribery case of the inactive Governor of North Maluku, Abdul Gani Kasuba (AGK).

"In addition to demanding that the defendant Daud Ismail be sentenced to 3 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 100 million, subsidiary to imprisonment for 3 months," said the KPK prosecutor, DR. Andry Lesmana, MH when reading the charges at the Ternate State Corruption Court (Tipikor), Friday, May 3, confiscated by Antara.

Andri said that the defendant Daud was legally and convincingly proven guilty of committing a criminal act of corruption as stated in the first indictment.

The defendant Daud Ismail was threatened with criminal sanctions under Article 5 paragraph (1) letter a of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended and supplemented by Law Number 20 of 2001 amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Corruption in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.

He said that the defendant Ismail at several locations in North Maluku and in Jakarta and based on the provisions of Article 84 paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) of Law Number 8 of 1981 concerning the Criminal Procedure Code, the Corruption Court at the Ternate District Court has the authority to examine and try this case, according to the prosecutor, the defendant Daud Ismail is suspected of giving money in stages to Abdul AGK in the amount of Rp. 3 billion.

This is intended so that AGK maintains the position of defendant as head of service and appoints the defendant as Acting Task Force with rank III/d and obtains extraordinary recommendations for rank in open selection.

"Daud Ismail is suspected of committing several related acts in such a way that it must be seen as a continuing act, giving or promising something, namely that the Defendant has given money in stages with a total amount of Rp. 3,012,340,400.00 to the AGK as Governor of North Maluku, based on the Decree of the President of the Republic of Indonesia. With the intention that the AGK maintains the position of defendant for the head of the North Maluku PUPR, appoints the defendant as Acting Head of the PUPR Service and provides recommendations for an extraordinary promotion to the Defendant as a condition for participating in the open selection of the Primary High Leadership Position for the position of Head of the North Maluku Provincial PUPR Service," said Public Prosecutor Yandri Lesmana.

Daud Ismail's actions are considered contrary to Article 5 points 4 and 6 of Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 28 of 1999 concerning the Implementation of a State that is Clean and Free from Corruption, Collusion, and Nepotism.

In that case, the Chairman of the Ternate District Court! Franciscus as Chair of the Panel of Judges will be accompanied by two member judges, namely Deputy Chairperson of the Ternate District Court, Haryanta as member 1 and Kadar Nooh as member 2 and accompanied by two ad-hoc judges, namely Samhadi and Moh. Yakob Widodo continued the trial next week Wednesday, May 8, with the agenda of reading the defendant's defense through his attorney.