2 Corruption Defendants In Southeast Maluku Daniel Far-Far And Rikhardus Tanlain Sentenced To Free

Two defendants in corruption in the budget for the Langgur Market construction project, Southeast Maluku Regency were acquitted by the Ambon Corruption Court. (8/8) (ANTARA/daniel/)

The panel of judges at the Ambon District Court Office acquitted two defendants of corruption in the budget for the Langgur Market construction project, Southeast Maluku Regency, Maluku for the 2015-2018 fiscal year, namely Daniel Far-Far and Rikhardus Tanlain. "Declaring the indictment in Article 2 of Law Number 20 of 2020 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 2009 concerning the Eradication of Corruption as the primary indictment by the Public Prosecutor is not proven," said the Corruption Court panel of judges chaired by Martha Maitimu accompanied by two member judges in the verdict reading session at the Ambon District Court, Antara, Thursday, August 8. The two defendants were acquitted of the primary indictment because the elements against the law in the indictment according to the prosecutor's indictment were not proven, then the subsidiary charges against the defendants violated Article 3 of the Anti-Corruption Law according to the panel of judges were of the opinion that there was an act, but not a crime. The panel of judges decided that the alleged corruption case in the Langgur market development project budget for the 2015 to 2018 fiscal year was declared onslag van rechtavervolging. "Because it is not proven to have committed an unlawful act according to the prosecutor's indictment in Article 2 of the Anti-Corruption Law, the panel of judges does not need to consider the aggravating or mitigating factors of the defendants, so that the good name of the defendant must be rehabilitated and release them from all lawsuits," said the panel of judges. Daniel Far-Far is the Commitment Making Officer (PPK) in the project in question, while Rikhardus Tanlain is the Director of CV. Surya Consultant in this project. In the previous trial, the Maluku Prosecutor's Office, Rozali Afifudin and his friends, charged the defendant Daniel with three years in prison and Rikhardus with two years in prison. Based on this decision, both the prosecutors and the defendants, through their legal advisory team, were given seven days to state their position, whether to accept the verdict or make an appeal. Firel Sahetapy as the coordinator of the legal advisor team for the defendant Rikhardus expressed his confusion over the verdict of the Corruption Court judge because according to the facts of the trial, the prosecutor's indictment was not proven.

"Our client has indeed returned state financial losses of Rp600 million when it became the findings of the Supreme Audit Agency according to the requirements six months after routine budget checks," he said.