Knock! Defendant Of Corruption In Procurement Of Information In Banda Aceh Sentenced To 4 Years In Prison

The defendant in corruption in the procurement of information system for the management of RSUDYA Tapaktuan attended the trial at the Corruption Court at the Banda Aceh District Court in Banda Aceh, Tuesday (21/5/2024). ANTARA/M Haris SA

The panel of judges at the Corruption Court at the Banda Aceh District Court sentenced the defendant to corruption in the procurement of information system for the management of the Yuliddin Away Regional General Hospital (RSUDYA) Tapaktuan, South Aceh Regency for four years in prison. The verdict was read out by the panel of judges chaired by Hamzah Sulaiman accompanied by Anda Ariansyah and R Deddy respectively as member judges at the trial at the Corruption Court at the Banda Aceh District Court in Banda Aceh, Tuesday, May 21. The defendant is on behalf of Rudi Yanto, as Director of PT Klik Data, a company working on procuring a hospital management information system at RSUDYA Tapaktuan. In addition to imprisonment, the panel of judges also sentenced the defendant to pay a fine of Rp. 100 million, subsidiary to six months in prison. The defendant was also sentenced to pay compensation for state losses of Rp. 425 million, if he did not pay, he was sentenced to one year in prison. "Declaring that the defendant Rudi Yanto is legally and convincingly proven guilty of committing a criminal act of corruption as regulated in Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 paragraph (1) letters a and b of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning the eradication of criminal acts of corruption," said the panel of judges as quoted by Antara. The verdict of the panel of judges was lower than the demands of the public prosecutor (JPU). At the previous trial, Public Prosecutor Iqram Syah Putra from the South Aceh District Attorney's Office charged the defendant Rudi Yanto with five years in prison. In addition to imprisonment, the Public Prosecutor also demanded to pay a fine of Rp. 100 million, subsidiary to six months in prison. And demanded to pay compensation for state losses of Rp. 1.3 billion. If you do not pay, then you will be sentenced to two years and six months in prison. The prosecutor stated that based on the facts on trial, it was revealed that the defendant Rudi Yanto and the Director of RSUDYA Tapaktuan Faisal were separately charged with procuring a hospital management information system between 2018 and 2023. In the procurement, Faisal as Director of RSUDYA showed PT Klik Data as a partner based on a proposal submitted by the defendant Rudi Yanto, who is the director of the company. The prosecutor said that during the cooperation in procuring the hospital management information system with the company, RSUDYA had paid the total to PT Klik Data Indonesia of Rp3.6 billion. "Based on the results of the examination and calculations of the consultant, the manufacture of applications and maintenance of the hospital management information system only spent more than Rp. 1 billion. Based on the results of the calculation of the South Aceh District Inspectorate, there was an overpayment of Rp. 1.7 billion," said the prosecutor.

The prosecutor and the defendant expressed their thoughts on the decision. The panel of judges gave the defendant and the public prosecutor seven days to think about it.