Not Fulfilling Conditions, Judge Rejects Application For Justice Collaborator Ex-Registrar Of Jakut Rohadi

Former Registrar of North Jakarta District Court Rohadi/ Antara

JAKARTA - The panel of judges rejected the application of the former Registrar of the North Jakarta District Court, Rohadi, who volunteered as a witness to the perpetrator who collaborated with law enforcement (justice collaborator).

"The defendant's application as a justice collaborator has no legal basis, therefore it must be rejected," said the chairman of the panel of judges, Albertus Usada, at the Jakarta Corruption Court (Tipikor), as reported by Antara, Wednesday, July 14.

According to the panel of judges, based on the Circular Letter of the Supreme Court (SEMA) Number 4 of 2011, the requirements as a justice collaborator, among others, are to be one of the perpetrators of certain criminal acts, admit the crime, not the main perpetrator, provide information that is needed as a witness to reveal the perpetrator. others in court proceedings.

"Considering that after observing the legal facts that were revealed at the trial, there were no other main actors except the defendant, but some of the evidence was only in the context of the fact that the indictment of one subsidiary was proven as stated in Article 55 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code," said Albertus.

Thus, the panel of judges concluded that Rohadi did not meet the cumulative requirements as a justice collaborator in corruption as a predicate crime and money laundering.

"However, on a case-by-case basis, the attitude of the defendant who explained his actions which was indicted by the public prosecutor and the attitude of the defendant who was cooperative in the judicial process and admitted guilt in the trial, can be interpreted as mitigating things," said Albertus again.

In this case, the panel of judges consisting of Albertus Usada, Susanti Arsi Wibawani, and Ali Mukhatarom sentenced Rohadi to be guilty and sentenced to three years and six months in prison plus a fine of Rp. 300 million, subsidiary to 4 months in prison, for being proven guilty of accepting bribes, gratuities and money laundering.

The verdict is lower than the demands of the Public Prosecutor (JPU) of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) who requested that Rohadi be sentenced to 5 years in prison, plus a fine of Rp. 300 million, subsidiary to 6 months in prison.

According to the judge, Rohadi was proven guilty of accepting bribes from members of the West Papua DPRD 2009-2014 Robert Melianus Nauw and Jimmy Demianus Ijie through Sudiwardono related to the management of a corruption crime involving Robert Melianus Nauw and Jimmy Demianus Ijie so that they could be released at a higher level. appeal in the Supreme Court.

Second, Rohadi was proven to have accepted bribes in his position as a substitute clerk from Jeffri Darmawan through Rudi Indawan's intermediary amounting to Rp110 million; from Yanto Pranoto through the intermediary of Rudi Indawan in the amount of Rp.235 million; from Ali Darmadi in the amount of IDR 1.608 billion and from Sareh Wiyono in the amount of IDR 1.5 billion related to case management.

Third, Rohadi was also proven to have received gratuities worth Rp. 11,518,850,000 from a number of parties related to his position as a substitute clerk.

Fourth, Rohadi was proven to have committed money laundering, namely exchanging from foreign currency to rupiah in a total of IDR 19.408 billion, placing (cash deposit) in his own account in 2014-2015 amounting to IDR 465.3 million, transferring to the accounts of his family members, spending or pay for the purchase of land and buildings (houses) in total amounting to Rp13,010,976,000.

Furthermore, Rohadi was proven to have spent or paid for the purchase of a motor vehicle (car) in total amounting to Rp7,714,121,000 and other acts in the form of making fictitious receipts to appear as if he received investment capital (loans of money) from other parties, with the aim of hiding or disguising the origin. - the proposal of assets that are the result of a criminal act of corruption.

However, the panel of judges returned a number of Rohadi's assets, namely 1 unit of a 2-story house at the Royal Residence Cakung Housing, East Jakarta, and 1 plot of land and 1 unit of a 2-story house at The Royal Residence Cakung Housing, East Jakarta, which were returned to PT Hasana Damai.

Meanwhile, the Reysa Hospital in Indramayu, West Java, was approved as a confiscated asset and used for quarantine for asymptomatic COVID-19 patients.

Regarding the verdict, the KPK prosecutor stated that he had thought about it for 7 days, while Rohadi said he had accepted the verdict.

The trial was conducted face-to-face and virtual, with a panel of judges, some public prosecutors and legal advisers attending the court, while Rohadi was in Bandung's Sukamiskin Prison.

Rohadi is currently serving a sentence at the Sukamiskin Prison in Bandung, after being sentenced to 7 years in prison for accepting bribes to take care of the immoral case of Saipul Jamil in 2016.