Juliari Is Sentenced To 12 Years In Imprisonment, The Judge: The Defendant Has Enough Suffered From Humiliation

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JAKARTA - The panel of judges at the Corruption Court sentenced Juliari Peter Batubara to 12 years in prison for the bribery case for the procurement of COVID-19 social assistance (bansos) in the Greater Jakarta area.

The decision was based on aggravating and mitigating considerations. One of the mitigating considerations is that Juliari has suffered because of being humiliated by the community.

"The defendant has suffered enough of being reviled, cursed, humiliated by the community. The defendant has been sentenced by the community to be guilty even though legally the defendant is not necessarily guilty before a court decision has permanent legal force", the judge said in a trial at the Corruption Court, Jakarta, Monday, August 23.

In addition, other mitigating considerations include, Juliari has never been convicted of a crime and was polite during the trial. In fact, he had to attend another trial as a witness.

"During the trial for approximately 4 months, the defendant was present in an orderly manner, never acting with various reasons that would result in the trial not going smoothly. In fact, apart from the trial for himself as the defendant, the defendant must also be present as a witness in the cases of Adi Wahyono and Matheus Joko Santoso", said the judge

Meanwhile, for burdensome considerations, Juliari is considered not to be chivalrous. Because, during the trial process, he never admitted his actions.

"The defendant's actions can be qualified as not chivalrous, like throwing stones and hiding hands. Dare to do not dare to take responsibility. Even deny his actions", said the judge.

Then, the act of corruption was carried out by Juliari during the COVID-19 emergency. Where the spread is very high and the government must handle it well.

"The defendant's actions were carried out in a non-natural disaster emergency, namely the COVID-19 outbreak. The corruption in the jurisdiction of the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court shows a graph of an increase in both quantity and quality", said the judge.

Juliari Peter Batubara was sentenced to 12 years in prison for the bribery case for the procurement of COVID-19 social assistance (bansos) in the Greater Jakarta area. Not only that, but Juliari was also sentenced to a fine of IDR 500 million, a subsidiary of 6 months in prison.

The panel of judges stated that Juliari was legally and convincingly proven guilty of corruption. His actions violated Article 12 letter b in conjunction with Article 18 or Article 11 in conjunction with Article 18 of the Corruption Eradication Law in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph 1 to 1 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph 1 to 1 of the Criminal Code.