Penangki Sirna Malasari 'Discounted' Sentence 'Discounted' 6 Years, Prosecutor Says No Reason For Cassation

Former Prosecutor Pinangki Sirna Malasari (Photo: Indra/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Public Prosecutor did not file an appeal or accept the appeal decision of the DKI Jakarta High Court which reduced or circumcised Pinangki Sirna Malasari's sentence.

In the PT DKI decision, Pinangki's sentence was reduced to six years from 10 years in prison. So Pinangki Sirna Malasari's sentence was only four years in prison.

"That's right, the Public Prosecutor did not file an appeal," said Head of the Central Jakarta District Attorney's Office (Kejari) Riono Budi Santoso to VOI, Monday, July 5.

According to Riono, one of the reasons the prosecutor did not file an cassation was because he thought that all the demands had been fulfilled in the decision. Thus, there is no compelling reason to file an appeal.

"The prosecutor is of the view that the prosecutor's demands have been fulfilled in the decision of the PT (High Court), apart from there being no reason to file a cassation request as stipulated in Article 253 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Procedure Code," said Riono.

Pinangki was previously found guilty in the case of the Supreme Court's (MA) fatwa gratification. Thus, the Panel of Judges at the Central Jakarta Corruption Court sentenced Pinangki to 10 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 600 million, subsidiary to 6 months in prison.

But at the appeal level, the appeals panel of the DKI Jakarta High Court decided to reduce Pinangki's sentence to 6 years. Thus, his prison sentence remains 4 years.