Convicted Pays IDR 50 Million Fine In Padang Kejari, Case Of Corruption In Procurement Of Medical Devices With Procurement Budget Of IDR 10 Billion

Prosecutors at the Padang Attorney's Office received payment of a fine from legal advisor Iskandar Hamzah (Photo: ANTARA)

PADANG - The Padang District Attorney (Kejari), West Sumatra (West Sumatra) received a fine payment from one of the convicts in a corruption case on behalf of Iskandar Hamzah in the amount of Rp. 50 million.

"The payment of the fine was made based on the cassation decision of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia, amounting to Rp. 50 million," said Head of the Special Crimes Section of the Padang Attorney's Office, Therry Gutama in Padang, Tuesday, June 29.

Iskandar Hamzah is one of five convicts in the corruption case in the procurement of medical devices (Alkes) at dr. Rasyidin Padang in 2013. The procurement budget comes from the central government in the amount of Rp. 10 billion.

The other four defendants in the case are the former director of the Regional General Hospital (RSUD) Dr Rasyidin Padang, Artati Suyani. Then Ferry's partners, Oktaviano, Syaiful, and Iswandi Ilyas.

The fine money that has been received and delivered by the legal advisor is directly deposited by his party to the state treasury. Therry said, with the payment of the fine, the person concerned did not need to serve three months in prison.

Considering that based on the verdict, he was sentenced to a fine of IDR 50 million with a subsidiary imprisonment of three months.

In addition, the payment of fines from corruption convicts is also a form of compliance with legal decisions.

Meanwhile, for imprisonment, he was sentenced to 1 year and 10 months, which is heavier than the Padang District Court's decision which previously sentenced him to 1 year and 6 months.