JAKARTA - The Medan District Court's Corruption Court panel of judges sentenced Amsal Christy Sitepu to acquittal. Amsal Sitepu was declared not guilty of corruption in the village profile video project in Karo Regency, North Sumatra.
"To give a free verdict to Amsal Christy Sitepu because he was not proven to have committed corruption," said Presiding Judge Yusafrihardi Girsang in the Cakra Utama courtroom at the Medan District Court, Wednesday, April 1, reported by ANTARA.
The panel of judges in the ruling argued that the defendant's actions, Amsal Sitepu, were not proven, as the Karo District Attorney's Public Prosecutor (JPU) had both primary and sub-charges.
"Restore the rights of the defendant, and restore the dignity and honor and good name of the defendant Amsal Sitepu," said Yusafrihardi.
The verdict differs from the demands of the prosecutor, Wira Arizona, who previously demanded that the defendant, Amsal, be sentenced to two years in prison.
"Asking the panel of judges to sentence the defendant Amsal Christy Sitepu to two years in prison," said JPU Wira Arizona when reading the charges at the previous trial.
In addition to the body's criminal penalty, the Karo District Attorney's JPU also demanded that the defendant Amsal Sitepu pay a fine of Rp. 50 million with the provision that if it is not paid, it will be replaced with three months of imprisonment.
"The defendant is also ordered to pay compensation of Rp. 202,161,980. If within one month after the final and binding decision is not paid, the defendant's property will be confiscated and auctioned to cover state losses," said Wira.
If it is insufficient, he continued, the mala is replaced with a prison sentence of one year. The aggravating circumstances of the defendant's actions are not admitting his actions, being convoluted in the trial, and not yet returning the state's financial losses.
"While it is a mitigating factor, the defendant has never been convicted," he said.
The Karo District Attorney's JPU assessed that the defendant's actions violated Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001.
"The defendant's actions are believed to have been proven to have committed the crime of corruption as alleged by the sub-prosecutor," said Wira.
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