KPK Filed An Appeal Regarding The Sentence Of The Former Menpora Imam Nahrawi

KPK Rutan Building (Wardhany Tsa Tsia / VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) filed an appeal against the verdict of the former Minister of Youth and Sports (Menpora) Imam Nahrawi who was sentenced to seven years in prison with a fine of Rp400 million by the Corruption Court.

"The Corruption Eradication Commission has stated its attitude to file a legal appeal against the decision of the panel of judges in the case of the accused Imam Nahrawi," said Acting KPK spokesman for prosecution Ali Fikri in his written statement, Thursday, July 2.

This appeal was submitted because the verdict of the Corruption Court Judges was deemed by the KPK as not fulfilling the sense of justice. In addition, there is a difference in the amount of replacement money charged to the politician from the National Awakening Party (PKB).

"Regarding the full reason, the prosecutor will describe in the appeal memory which will soon be compiled and submitted to the Jakarta High Court through the Central Jakarta District Court," he explained.

"The KPK hopes that the Jakarta High Court's Panel of Judges will grant the appeal of the KPK prosecutors," he added.

It is known, the former Menpora Imam Nahrawi was sentenced after being proven legally and convincingly proven to have accepted bribes and gratuities and grants from the Indonesian National Sports Committee (KONI). This verdict was read out by Corruption Court Judge Rosmina on Monday, June 29.

"To state that the IMR defendant has been proven legally and convincingly guilty of committing a criminal act of corruption jointly and continues as the first indictment and the second indictment," said Rosmina when reading the verdict.

Imam was proven to have violated article 12 letter a Jo article 18 of Law 31/1999 as amended by Law 20/2001 on Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code Jo Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code as the first indictment. , as well as Article 12B paragraph (1) Jo Article 18 of Law 31/1999 as amended by Law 20/2001 on Corruption Eradication Jo Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code Jo Article 65 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code as the second indictment.

For his actions, the judge sentenced him to seven years in prison with a fine of Rp.400 million and a subsidiary of three months in prison. He was also sentenced to an additional sentence from the Panel of Judges in the form of withdrawal of political rights for four years after serving the main sentence. In addition, the Imam was required to pay a replacement fee of Rp.18,154,230,882.

This verdict is lighter. The KPK prosecutor charged Imam with 10 years imprisonment, a fine of Rp. 500 million, a subsidiary of six months in prison and an obligation to pay Rp. 19.1 billion within a month.

Imam was named a suspect on September 18 2019 when the KPK was still led by Agus Rahardjo, cs. This case is the development of a hand-catching operation (OTT) at the offices of the Ministry of Youth and Sports (Kemenpora) and KONI on December 18 2018.

Deputy Chairman of the KPK for the 2014-2019 period, Alexander Marwata, said that Imam received Rp26.5 billion as a commitment fee for processing the grant proposal submitted by KONI to the Ministry of Youth and Sports. The money was received in stages, namely in 2014-2018 amounting to Rp14.7 billion.

Then in 2016-2018, Imam again received Rp. 11.8 billion. This acceptance was not carried out directly by the Imam but through his personal assistant, Miftahul Ulum.

The money that was received was then used by the Imam for personal gain and related parties.