Five high-ranking private company officials were sentenced to imprisonment for 4 years after being found guilty of alleged corruption in sugar imports at the Ministry of Trade in 2015-2016.
Chief Judge Dennie Arsan Fatrix stated that the five defendants had been legally and convincingly proven guilty of committing a criminal act of corruption that was carried out together.
"This is as regulated in Article 2 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended and supplemented by Law Number 20 of 2001 in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code, as the primary indictment," said the presiding judge at the trial. read out the verdict at the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court, Thursday, October 30 reported by ANTARA.
The five defendants are referred to, namely the President Director of PT Angels Products Tony Wijaya Ng, Director of PT Makassar Tene Then Surianto Eka Prasetyo, President Director of PT Permata Dunia Sukses Utama Eka Sapanca, attorney of directors of PT Duta Sugar International Hendrigiarto Tiwow, and President Director of PT Berkah Manis Makmur Hans Falita Hutama.
In addition to imprisonment, the five defendants were also subject to a fine of Rp. 200 million each, provided that if they were not paid, they would be replaced with 4 months in prison and additional punishment in the form of replacement money worth the amount received by each defendant in the case of alleged sugar corruption.
The presiding judge stated that Tony was sentenced to pay compensation of Rp150.81 billion; Then Surianto Rp39.25 billion; Eka Rp32.01 billion; Hendrgiarto Rp41.23 billion; and Hans Rp74.58 billion.
"The replacement money has been deposited by the defendants to the Attorney General's Office and has been legally confiscated, so it is calculated as replacement money," said the presiding judge.
There are several aggravating and mitigating things that the Panel of Judges considered before passing the verdict.
The aggravating things include that the defendants have obtained the proceeds of a criminal act of corruption, while the mitigating consideration consists of the defendant who has never been convicted and has entrusted the money to the AGO during the investigation as compensation for state financial losses.
In the case of alleged sugar corruption, the five defendants allegedly cost the state finances Rp578.1 billion by committing a criminal act of corruption, which enriched eight defendants, including through their respective corporations.
It was stated that the actions of the defendants were carried out together with the Minister of Trade for the 2015'2016 period Tom Lembong, former Director of Business Development of PT Perusahaan Perdagang Indonesia (Persero) or PPI Charles Sitorus, and Minister of Trade for the 2016'2019 period Enggartiasto Lukita.
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