The panel of judges at the Medan District Court, North Sumatra, handed down a verdict against the former Regent of Langkat Terbit Rencana Perangin-Angin, and Iskandar Warin-Angin for four years in prison for being proven guilty of corruption in accepting bribes and gratuities related to projects within the Langkat Regency Government in 2020 2021.
"Sentenced the two defendants to four years in prison each," said Chief Judge As'ad Rahim Lubis in a verdict hearing at the Medan District Court, Tuesday, December 2.
In addition to imprisonment, the panel of judges also imposed a fine of Rp. 500 million on each defendant provided that if the fine was not paid, it would be replaced with imprisonment for three months.
In the verdict, the panel of judges determined that the money to compensate for state financial losses against Terbit Plan amounting to more than Rp61 billion, had been compensated with the looted money confiscated by the KPK Public Prosecutor (JPU). There is an excess of more than Rp712 million that must be returned to Terbit.
Meanwhile, Iskandar is required to pay compensation of more than IDR 7 billion that had been deposited previously.
As'ad stated that the two defendants were proven to have received bribes with a total of more than Rp. 67 billion related to the security and arrangement of various project packages in a number of agencies in the Langkat Regency Government.
Terbit is considered to have given directions to the head of the service regarding the winner of the work, while Iskandar regulates the distribution of project packages and the amount of deposits.
"The actions of the two defendants were proven to have violated Article 12 letter i, and Article 12B in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Eradication of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1 in conjunction with Article 65 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code," he said.
The panel of judges said that the aggravating things for the defendants had not returned all state losses, not paying attention to regional development.
Then, the two defendants underwent a criminal act of corruption. Terbit's defendant was also uncooperative and convoluted in giving testimony at trial.
Meanwhile, mitigating factors are the polite attitude of the defendants, regret, and family responsibilities.
After reading the verdict, Chief Judge As'ad gave the defendants and KPK prosecutors seven days to state their position on the verdict.
"The defendants and public prosecutors are given time to think about it, whether to file an appeal or accept this verdict," he said.
The verdict was lighter than the demands of the KPK prosecutor Dwi Junianto, who previously requested that the two defendants be sentenced to five years in prison each.
"The two defendants were also required to pay a fine of Rp. 500 million each, if they were not paid, they would be replaced with imprisonment for six months," said Dwi.
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