JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta High Court (PT) has increased the sentence against the Head of the South Jakarta District Court (PN) for the period 2024-2025, Muhammad Arif Nuryanta, to 14 years in prison from 12.5 years in prison related to the alleged bribery case of the CPO corruption case.
Presiding Judge Albertina Ho stated that the change in the sentence was in line with the acceptance of the appeal request filed by the public prosecutor and legal advisor Arif.
"Changing the decision of the Corruption Court of the Central Jakarta District Court which is requested to appeal, as far as the length of the sentence, the substitute imprisonment sentence, and the substitute imprisonment sentence for the substitute money," said Albertina, as quoted from a copy of the ruling amar confirmed as reported by ANTARA, Friday, February 6.
Thus, the Chief Justice determined that the fine imposed on Arif remained the same, namely Rp500 million, but with the provision that if the fine is not paid, it will be replaced (subsider) with a lighter imprisonment, namely 140 days, from the previous six months.
Likewise, the additional penalty in the form of payment of substitute money imposed on Arif, namely still Rp. 14.73 billion, but with a more severe substitute penalty, namely six years in prison, from the previous five years in prison.
Just like the verdict in the first instance court, the PT DKI Jakarta Court of Appeal stated that Arif had been proven to be legally and convincingly guilty of committing a corruption crime by accepting bribes jointly, with the amount of bribes received by Arif amounting to IDR 14.73 billion.
This act is in accordance with Article 6 paragraph (2) Juncto Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 Jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.
In the case of alleged bribery of the decision to release (ontslag) the corruption case for the provision of crude palm oil export facilities (CPO) in 2023-2025, Arif was accused of receiving bribes while serving as Deputy Chairman of the Central Jakarta PN.
The bribes were allegedly received from Ariyanto, Marcella Santoso, Junaedi Saibih, and Syafei as advocates or parties representing the interests of corporate defendants in the CPO case, namely the Wilmar Group, Permata Hijau Group, and Musim Mas Group.
The money was received together with the Young Registrar of Civil Law of the North Jakarta District Court, Wahyu Gunawan, along with three inactive judges who tried the case, namely Djuyamto, Ali Muhtarom, and Agam Syarief Baharudin.
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