It Is Proven That Ahmad Sahroni's Slander, Adam Deni Was Sentenced To 6 Months In Prison

The trial for reading the decision of the Panel of Judges to the defendant Adam Deni Gearaka at the Central Jakarta District Court, Tuesday (4/6/2024). ANTARA/Agatha Olivia Victoria.

Celebrity Adam Deni Gearaka was sentenced to six months in prison after being proven to have slandered Deputy Chairman of Commission III of the House of Representatives (DPR) Ahmad Sahroni regarding the silencing or bribery of Rp. 30 billion.

"Declaring that the defendant Adam Deni has been legally and convincingly proven guilty of committing a criminal act of slander as stated in the primary indictment of the public prosecutor," said Chief Judge Mujiono during a hearing reading the decision of the Panel of Judges at the Central Jakarta District Court as reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, June 4.

Thus, Mujjono said that Adam Deni was proven to have violated Article 311 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code (KUHP).

The verdict is lower than the previous prosecutor's demand, which is imprisonment for one year.

Mujiono revealed several things that made the verdict against Adam Deni lighter than the demands, namely that the defendant was polite, admitted, and regretted his actions, as well as the defendant and the victim had forgiven each other in the courtroom.

Meanwhile, there are also things that incriminate Adam Deni's sentence, namely that the defendant resulted in material losses to the victim and the defendant was convicted and is currently serving a criminal period.

In this case, Adam Deni made an untrue statement and could not be proven on June 28, 2022, which dragged Ahmad Sahroni's name.

At that time, Adam Deni was about to undergo a trial to read the verdict in the ITE Law case at the North Jakarta District Court, which is also related to the General Treasurer of the Democratic National Party (NasDem).

It was stated in Adam Deni's indictment that he had stopped for an interview while walking to the courtroom. He then accused Ahmad Sahroni of giving bribes worth Rp. 30 billion to handle cases of violations of the Electronic Information and Transactions Law (UU ITE), which at that time ensnared him.

Previously, Adam Deni had been sentenced to four years in prison in mid-2022 for violating the ITE Law related to illegal access by the North Jakarta District Court. The violation of the ITE Law, namely illegally distributing personal documents for the purchase of expensive bicycles belonging to Ahmad Sahroni.