The panel of judges at the Corruption Court at the Banda Aceh District Court sentenced the defendant to a criminal act of regional tax corruption in the West Aceh Regency Government to two years in prison.
The verdict was read out by the panel of judges chaired by M Jamil during a trial at the Corruption Court at the Banda Aceh District Court in Banda Aceh.
The defendant Cut Nurmaliah as the treasurer of acceptance at the Regional Financial Management Agency (BPKD) of West Aceh Regency. The defendant attended the trial without being accompanied by a legal advisor.
In addition to imprisonment, the panel of judges also sentenced the defendant to pay a fine of Rp. 100 million in subsidies or compensation if he did not pay six months in prison.
The panel of judges also sentenced the defendant to an additional sentence in the form of paying compensation for state losses of Rp.465.6 million. If the defendant does not pay, he will be sentenced to one year and six months in prison.
The panel of judges stated that the defendant was found guilty of violating Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 Paragraph (1) letters a, b, and d of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended into Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning the eradication of criminal acts of corruption.
Based on the facts at the trial, the defendant as treasurer received a local tax deposit in cash from 2022 to 2023. The taxes come from village government deposits, restaurant taxes, and others.
"The defendant did not deposit the tax money deposited into the regional treasury. The tax money was used by the defendant for personal gain," said the panel of judges as reported by ANTARA, Friday, August 8.
The verdict is lighter than the public prosecutor's demand. At the previous trial, Public Prosecutor Andriansyah from the West Aceh District Attorney charged the defendant Cut Nurmaliah with three years in prison.
The defendant Cut Nurmaliah stated that he accepted the judge's decision. Meanwhile, the Public Prosecutor expressed his thoughts. The panel of judges gave the prosecutor a time to think about it for seven days.
The English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and French versions are automatically generated by the AI. So there may still be inaccuracies in translating, please always see Indonesian as our main language. (system supported by DigitalSiber.id)
