JAKARTA - The Attorney General's Office (Kejagung) responded to the statement of the defendant in the alleged corruption case of budget inflation, videographer Amsal Christy Sitepu, who claimed that he was intimidated by prosecutors.
Amsal admitted that he had received a box of brownis from a prosecutor who asked him to follow the legal process and not to make a fuss on social media. According to him, the intimidation occurred at the detention house where he was detained.
Regarding this claim, the Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) of the Attorney General's Office, Anang Supriatna, explained that the distribution of brownis was part of the Humanist Prosecutor program.
"Regarding the provision of cakes, it's just a program, he said in the context of the Humanist Prosecutor. Not only the person concerned, some of them were also given," he said as reported by ANTARA, Monday, March 30.
He also emphasized that there was no intimidation against Amsal Sitepu.
"If from Kajari's confession version, he never did intimidation. There is none," he said.
Meanwhile, Amsal Sitepu in a meeting with Commission III of the Indonesian House of Representatives on Monday admitted that he had received a box of brownis from a prosecutor who asked him to follow the legal process and not to make a fuss on social media.
"But I said I'm not afraid, I'm not wrong," he said.
For this reason, Amsal also admitted that he did not want any young people in Indonesia to be criminalized like him. He wants to be the last creative economy actor who has to deal with the law.
"I said no, I will keep fighting. Even though I know, many people say you will be buried, if you fight you will be buried," he said.
Previously, Amsal Sitepu was sentenced to two years in prison by prosecutors in a case of alleged corruption in the village profile video making project in Karo Regency, North Sumatra.
The prosecutor also demanded a fine of Rp. 50 million with the provision that if it is not paid, it will be replaced with a three-month imprisonment.
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