Lutfi Sentenced To 4 Years In Prison For Signature Of Trade Minister's Signature

The judge handed down a sentence of 4 years and 2 months in prison to Amran Yunus, the accused mastermind of the case for falsifying the signature of the Minister of Trade, Muhamad Lutfi (ANTARA)

KENDARI - The panel of judges at the Kendari District Court (PN), Southeast Sulawesi, sentenced Amran Yunus to 4 years and 2 months imprisonment, the accused mastermind of the case of forgery of the signature of the Minister of Trade, Muhamad Lutfi.

In a trial at Kendari District Court, Thursday, April 29, the panel of judges also sentenced the other three defendants to a different sentence, namely Kalbi, who was sentenced to 3 years and 2 months in prison.

Meanwhile, the defendant Maha Setiawan was sentenced to 2 years in prison and Adiyansyah Tamburaka was sentenced to 1 year and 10 months in prison.

The things that were burdensome, said the panel of judges, were that the four defendants had submitted false information which caused harm to the victim.

"There are things that make it easier for the four defendants to behave politely in court and have their own responsibilities. In addition, the defendants have made a commitment to apologize to their victims for their actions," said Chairman of the Panel of Judges, Klik Tri Margo.

Klik stated that the four defendants were proven in the primary indictment that fulfilled the elements of Article 266 Paragraph (1) 1 of the Criminal Code, namely falsifying false information resulting in losses to the victim, Minister of Trade M Lutfi and Deputy Chairman of Kadin Ali Said, namely losing a number of shares.

Based on the testimonies of witnesses and the facts of the trial, the four defendants jointly facilitated the issuance of deed Number 75 of 2017 which was not in accordance with the regulations.

The defendants falsified PT Tonia Mitra Sejaterah (TMS) documents in Deed Number 75 of 2017.

The PT Tonia Mitra Sejahtera document falsification case and the signatures of two share owners, Muhamad Lutfi and Ali Said, charged four defendants, namely Amran Yunus, Ardiyansah Tamburaka, Maha Setiawan, and Kalbi.

Initially Amran Yunus ordered Ardiyansah Tamburaka to take care of the transfer of the company's shares from Muhamad Lutfi and Ali Said to Amran Yunus and Asmawati. After it was successful, the company was transferred to PT Tribuana Sukses Mandiri.

Limited Liability Company (PT) Tonia Mitra Sejahtera was formed based on the deed of establishment Number 62 of 2003 by Muhamad Lutfi, Ali Said, and Amran Yunus. Subsequently, Amran Yunus held an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (EGMS) dated January 16, 2017 which was then stated in the Deed of Decision of the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of PT Tonia Mitra Sejahtera Number 75 dated January 27, 2017 which was drawn up in the presence of norataris Rayan Riadi .

EGMS held by Amran Yunus without the knowledge of Muhamad Lutfi and Ali Said. In the process of changing the deed, Amran Yunus was accused of being the main actor who committed falsification of signatures.