Bribery Former MA Secretary Nurhadi Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison

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JAKARTA - Director of PT Multicon Indrajaya Terminal (MIT) Hiendra Soenjoto was sentenced to three years in prison and a fine of Rp. 100 million, subsidiary to 4 months in prison. Hiendra was proven to have bribed 2012-2016 Supreme Court Secretary Nurhadi and his son-in-law Rezky Herbiyono worth IDR 35,726 billion.

"On trial, the defendant declared the defendant Hiendra Soenjoto proven legally and convincingly guilty of continuing corruption," said head of the panel of judges Saifuddin Zuhri at the Jakarta Corruption Court (Tipikor), quoted by Antara, Wednesday, March 31.

The verdict was lower than the demands of the KPK public prosecutor (JPU) who asked Hiendra Soenjoto to be sentenced to 4 years in prison plus a fine of Rp150 million, a subsidiary of 6 months in prison.

Hiendra was not present in court and attended the trial for reading the verdict via a video conference from the KPK detention center. Hiendra is known to have been on the run since he was named a suspect in February 2020 and was only arrested on October 29, 2020.

"The thing that was incriminating was that the defendant was convicted, the defendant did not admit to his actions, the defendant did not come clean and did not support the government's program to eradicate corruption," added Judge Zaifuddin.

The verdict was based on the subsidiary charges of article 13 of Law No. 31 of 1999 as amended by Law No. 20 of 2001 on Corruption Eradication in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.

In this case, Hiendra was proven to have paid bribes to the Secretary of the Supreme Court Nurhadi through his son-in-law Rezky Herbiyono worth IDR 35,726 billion.

The proven bribes differed from the demands of the KPK prosecutors who stated that Hiendra had given bribes worth Rp35,726 billion.

The bribe was given in connection with a lawsuit between PT MIT and PT Kawasan Berikat Nusantara (KBN) regarding the lease agreement for PT KBN's container depot in Marunda, Cilincing, North Jakarta. The second lawsuit is Hiendra Soenjoto's lawsuit against Azhar Umar.

For the management of these two cases, Nurhadi and Rezky received money from Hiendra through a number of accounts in the period July 2, 2015 - February 5, 2016, but Rezky returned Rp. 10 billion.

"Because the PK legal action submitted by PT MIT was rejected by the Supreme Court in accordance with the 2015 PK decision on June 18, 2015, Hiendra Soenjoto asked Rezky Herbiyono by sending a summons so that his money was returned but because the money received by Rezky was replaced with a certificate of oil palm plantation in Padang Lawas. North Sumatra counted 11 certificates in the first phase, "said the judge.

According to the judge, Hiendra Soenjoto then pledged the certificate for Rp10 billion.

"Whereas the bribes from the defendant Hiendra Soenjoto amounted to Rp35,726 billion, then Rezky Herbiyono has declared the status of his father-in-law, namely Nurhadi as Secretary of the Supreme Court and Rezky's use of his position, including Rezky conveying to Iwan Cendekia Liman that PT MIT is being handled by Nurhadi and is guaranteed to be safe. "added the judge.

In connection with this case, Secretary of the Supreme Court Nurhadi and his son-in-law Rezky Herbiyono were each sentenced to 6 years in prison plus a fine of Rp. 500 million, a subsidiary of 3 months.

Regarding the verdict, both the KPK Public Prosecutors and Hiendra expressed their thoughts for 7 days.