Former Walkot Bima Muhammad Lutfi Sentenced To 7 Years And Fined Rp250 Million Corruption Cases

Corruption defendants in the procurement of goods and services within the scope of work of the Bima City Government, Muhammad Lutfi/DOK ANTARA

The panel of judges at the Corruption Court at the Mataram District Court sentenced the former Mayor of Bima, West Nusa Tenggara, Muhammad Lutfi to seven years in prison. "The trial, sentenced the defendant Muhammad Lutfi to seven years in prison," said the Chief Justice of the Mataram District Court Corruption Court, Putu Gde Hariadi when reading the verdict of the defendant Muhammad Lutfi in Mataram, Antara, Monday, June 3. Muhammad Lutfi was involved in the corruption case in the procurement of goods and services within the Bima City Government. In addition to punishment, the panel consisting of career judges Agung Prasetyo and Corruption Ad hoc Judge Djoko Soepriyono imposed a fine of Rp250 million, subsidiary to six months in prison. The judge handed down such a crime by stating that the defendant was in the term of office as Mayor of Bima for the 2018-2023 period has been proven to have committed an evil conspiracy, either directly or indirectly by deliberately participating in chartering, procurement, or leasing. In terms of evil consensus, the judge explained in the consideration of the decision that Muhammad Lutfi did this together with Eliya (the defendant's wife), Muhammad Makdis, Muhammad Amin, Iskandar Zulkarnain, Agus Salim, and Fahad. "That the defendant and the witnesses have agreed to make arrangements and determine the winner of the work or project before the process is carried out on direct procurement work or through auction/tender work at the Bima City Government offices for the 2018 to 2022 fiscal year. With this description, the judge sentenced the defendant to a crime by stating that the defendant's actions had been proven to have violated the first indictment of the public prosecutor. The indictment relates to Article 12 letter i in conjunction with Article 15 of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001. It was revealed about Article 12 B in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code jo. Article 65 Paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code. The indictment of the two public prosecutors relates to the actions of the defendants who participated and/or received gratuities in Muhammad Lutfi's position as Mayor of Bima amounting to Rp1.95 billion. This judge's decision is lower than the prosecutor's demand, which previously asked the judge to sentence him to 9.5 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 250 million, subsidiary to 6 months in prison. The prosecutor also asked the judge to charge the defendant to pay compensation for state financial losses worth Rp1.92 billion, subsidiary to one year in prison. The prosecutor conveyed the charges by stating that the defendant had been proven to have committed malicious conspiracy and received gratuities in the procurement of goods and services within the scope of work of the Bima City Government for the period 2018 to 2022. By stating this, the prosecutor asked the judge to punish the defendant by applying the cumulative indictment, namely Article 12 letter i and Article 12B in conjunction with Article 15 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 65 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.

After listening to the panel of judges reading the verdict, the defendant and the public prosecutor have not yet decided their stance on the decision by stating that they are still "thinking about it".