Prosecutor Examines Pajo District Head in Dompu Prison Related to 3 Prosecutors' Blackmail

Head of the Intelligence Section of the Dompu District Attorney's Office, Danny Curia Novitawan. ANTARA/Dhimas B.P.

MATARAM - The West Nusa Tenggara High Prosecutor's Office examined the Pajo Sub-district Head, Imran, at the Dompu Class II B Penitentiary, regarding a case of alleged extortion involving three prosecutors.

"Imran was examined in prison," said Head of the Intelligence Section of the Dompu District Attorney's Office, Danny Curia Novitawan, as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, April 29.

He said Imran was examined in his capacity as a reporter and victim of extortion. The examination was carried out directly by a team from the NTB Attorney General's Supervision Unit.

"The Aswas (Assistant for Supervision) investigators went straight to Dompu," he said.

In addition to the Pajo District Head, Danny said the NTB Prosecutor's Office also examined other witnesses in the Dompu area.

"There is a party from Imran, the person who witnessed the money being given," he said.

From the series of examinations in Dompu Regency, Danny emphasized that the results are now under the control of the NTB Attorney General's Supervision Unit.

"So, the examiner yesterday has returned to the NTB Prosecutor's Office, Mataram. The results are in the prosecutor's office," said Danny.

The examination by the NTB Prosecutor's Office of the complainant and witnesses in Dompu Regency is in the stage of case inspection.

Assistant for Supervision of the NTB Prosecutor's Office, I Wayan Eka Widdyarapada, on a previous occasion said that his party had collected evidence that became the basis for his party to increase the status of handling to the inspection stage of the case.

The evidence relates to the transfer of money from the Pajo Regent while still a suspect in the case of persecution to three prosecutors assigned to the Dompu District Attorney's Office.

Wayan Eka said the series of inspections of the case is still strengthening evidence. He ensured that the inspection of this case was only limited to tracking the violation of the prosecutor's discipline and ethics.

"If there is no criminal, because it is only a matter of code of ethics," he said.

He explained that his party could not impose sanctions if from the series of inspections of this case it was revealed that the three prosecutors were proven to have violated discipline and ethics.

"So, we just present, later the leadership in Jakarta (Kejagung RI) will conclude. Whether they are given a punishment and how the follow-up will be, it is in the center," said Wayan Eka.

The alleged extortion of the three prosecutors emerged from the process of executing Imran's detention on the court's inkrah ruling.

At that time, Imran admitted that he had been asked for tens of millions of money by three prosecutors who were then serving at the Dompu District Attorney's Office.

The Pajo Regent admitted that he was asked for Rp. 30 million with the pretext that the money could reduce the sentence. However, at that time he only gave Rp. 20 million. The money was handed over directly at the Dompu District Attorney's Office.

Imran admitted that he had made peace with the victim so he thought the problem had been resolved. However, the legal process continued until he had to undergo detention.

He felt he had been cheated and extorted by the law enforcement officers.

The three prosecutors suspected of extortion are the former Head of the Intelligence Section of the Dompu District Attorney's Office with the initials J, the former Head of the General Criminal Section of the Dompu District Attorney's Office with the initials K, and the former Head of the Special Criminal Section of the Dompu District Attorney's Office with the initials IS.

When Imran revealed this issue in the execution of the court's decision, which has become legally binding, the three prosecutors had already changed their duties.