The Sentencing Of Inspector General Napoleon And Brigadier General Prasetijo Is Too Light, ICW: Should Be For Life!

Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) considers the imprisonment sentences against Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte and Brigadier General Prasetijo Utomo to be too light. Given the bribery cases both received to remove Joko Tjandra's name from the red notice list. So it should have been, the two police generals were sentenced to life imprisonment.

"ICW considers the appropriate verdict to be imposed on Prasetijo and Napoleon is life imprisonment. Both of them also deserve a fine of Rp1 billion," said ICW researcher Kurnia Ramadhana in his statement, Thursday, March 11.

With this low verdict, Kurnia assumed that the hakin council had put aside the meaning of the crime of corruption. Moreover, the two defendants are generals from law enforcement institutions.

In addition, Kurnia also highlighted the use of Article 5 paragraph (2) of the Anti-Corruption Act, which has a maximum sentence of only five years in prison. In this case, the panel of judges should have considered the use of Article 12 letter a of the Corruption Act. This is because the criminal threat is much heavier, with a maximum of life imprisonment.

"There are at least a number of reasons why Prasetijo and Napoleon deserve maximum punishment. First, when they commit crimes they carry out their profession as law enforcers. Of course, the practice of bribery that he did by itself tarnished the image of the Police in the eyes of the public," said Kurnia.

"Second, Prasetijo and Napoleon as law enforcers collaborated with fugitives. In the trial facts, it was revealed that Prasetijo helped Joko Tjandra's wife to write a letter that was copied to Interpol Polri and he also wrote to Anna Boentaran regarding Joko Tjandra's red notice information. Director General of Immigration to delete the status of Joko Tjandra's wanted list, "he continued.

The last reason is that the millions of them have a major impact on the side of law enforcement. That is, they prevented Joko Tjandra from being thrown into prison for the Bank Bali cessie case.

Furthermore, Kurnia also asked the National Police to take a decision to dismiss the two police generals. Although, the court's decision has not been submitted because they still have time to file an appeal.

"ICW also urges the Indonesian National Police to dishonorably discharge them," he said.

For information, Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte was found guilty of accepting bribes of 200 thousand Singapore dollars and 370 thousand US dollars. Thus, the panel of judges sentenced him to 4 years in prison.

Meanwhile, Brigadier General Prasetijo Utomo was sentenced to imprisonment for 3 years and 6 months. This is because he was proven to have received 100 thousand US dollars.