Cassation Rejected, Former Menpora Imam Nahrawi Still Sentenced To 7 Years In Prison

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JAKARTA - The panel of judges at the Supreme Court rejected the appeal of the former Minister of Youth and Sports (Menpora) Imam Nahrawi. This submission was made after the former politician from the National Justice Party (PKB) was found guilty in a bribery case related to the processing of a Kemenpora grant proposal to the Indonesian National Sports Committee (KONI).

With this decision, Imam will continue to serve a sentence of seven years in prison and pay a fine of Rp.400 million, a subsidiary of three months in prison.

"As for the defendant's decision to reject, the public prosecutor refused to repair it," he was quoted as saying on the court's website, Tuesday, March 16.

This case is registered under the number 485K / PID.SUS / 2021 with the composition of judges Krisna Harahap, Abdul Latif, and Suhadi.

Previously reported, the former Menpora Imam Nahrawi was sentenced after being found legally and convincingly proven to have accepted bribes and gratuities and grants from the Indonesian National Sports Committee (KONI). This verdict was read out by Corruption Court Judge Rosmina on Monday, June 29.

"To state that the IMR defendant has been proven legally and convincingly guilty of committing a criminal act of corruption jointly and continues as the first indictment and the second indictment," said Rosmina during the reading of the verdict.

Imam was proven to have violated Article 12 letter a Jo Article 18 of Law 31/1999 as amended by Law 20/2001 on Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code Jo Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code as the first indictment of the first alternative , as well as Article 12B paragraph (1) Jo Article 18 of Law 31/1999 as amended by Law 20/2001 on Corruption Eradication Jo Article 55 paragraph (1) 1 of the Criminal Code Jo Article 65 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code as the second indictment.

For his actions, the judge sentenced him to seven years in prison with a fine of Rp.400 million and a subsidiary of three months in prison. He was also sentenced to an additional sentence from the Panel of Judges in the form of withdrawal of political rights for four years after serving the main sentence. In addition, the Imam was required to pay a replacement fee of Rp.18,154,230,882.

This verdict is lighter. The KPK prosecutor charged Imam with 10 years imprisonment, a fine of Rp. 500 million, a subsidiary of six months in prison and an obligation to pay Rp. 19.1 billion within a month.

Imam was named a suspect on September 18, 2019 when the KPK was still led by Agus Rahardjo, cs. This case is the development of a hand-catching operation (OTT) at the offices of the Ministry of Youth and Sports (Kemenpora) and KONI on December 18 2018.

Deputy Chairman of the KPK for the 2014-2019 period, Alexander Marwata, said that Imam received Rp26.5 billion as a commitment fee for processing the grant proposal submitted by KONI to the Ministry of Youth and Sports. The money was received in stages, namely in 2014-2018 amounting to Rp14.7 billion.

Then in 2016-2018, Imam again received Rp. 11.8 billion. The acceptance was not carried out directly by the Imam but through his personal assistant, Miftahul Ulum.

The money that was received was then used by the Imam for personal gain and for related parties.