Bribery Case Of IDR 999 Million Drug Handling, Police-Prosecutor Couple Sentenced To Prison

The Panel of Judges at the Pekanbaru District Court read out the verdict of the police-jaksa officers on corruption cases. (ANTARA/Annisa Firdausi)

JAKARTA - The judge of the Pekanbaru District Court, Riau, sentenced the police and prosecutors to a husband and wife because they were caught in a bribery case in the handling of a narcotics case, namely Bripka Bayu Abdillah, who was sentenced to 4 years and Sri Hariyati to 2.5 years in prison.

"The defendants Bayu Abdillah and Sri Hariyati have been legally and convincingly proven to have committed a criminal act of corruption together as the fourth alternative indictment," said Chief Judge Solomon Ginting, quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, July 31.

Both are believed to be guilty after receiving Rp999 million for the narcotics case that ensnared a man named Fauzan Afriansyah. Fauzan asked Sri for help in handling this case so that the sentence could be reduced.

The decision of the panel of judges was heavier than the demands of the public prosecutor (JPU) at the previous trial (16/7).

In addition, Bayu is also required to pay a fine of Rp. 250 million. Likewise, Sri, he was required to pay a fine of Rp. 100 million. If the fine is not paid, it will be replaced with imprisonment for 6 months.

Based on the decision of this panel of judges, Bayu and Sri and the Public Prosecutor expressed their stance to think about it.

It is known that the bribe began when the Public Prosecutor received the delegation of narcotics cases with the defendant Fauzan Afriansyah from the National Police Headquarters investigators. Phase II was carried out in January 2023, where one of the prosecutors was Sri Hariyati.

In the period from January to March 2023, the family of the defendant Fauzan, namely Riko, and E, the wife of the defendant Fauzan and Agung, came to Bengkalis to meet Sri and Bayu. They asked for help so that the defendant Fauzan's sentence was lightened.

As far as SH knew, her husband Bayu asked Riko to send money to his member's account. On March 7, 2023, Riko transferred Rp299 million in cash.

A few days later, Bayu received another cash from his younger brother Fauzan on behalf of A alias Bungsu, which amounted to Rp190 million.

Not only that, Bayu again asked Agung and Eva Afriani for Rp. 200 million, and on March 30 it was transferred to its members in the amount of Rp. 150 million.

Finally, on April 11, 2023, Agung and Eva Afriani returned to send money to Bayu amounting to Rp. 360 million through the same account. The total money that BA had received was Rp. 999,600,000 or almost Rp. 1 billion.