West Bandung Regent Inactive Aa Umbara Sued 7 Years In Prison Case Of Corruption Bansos COVID-19

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BANDUNG - The regent of West Bandung, Aa Umbara, has been sued by the KPK prosecutor with a demand of 7 years in prison. The KPK prosecutor believes AA Umbara is involved in corruption in the procurement of social assistance (bansos) COVID-19.

KPK prosecutor Budi Nugraha said that Aa was considered to have violated the first and second indictments, namely Article 12 letter I and Article 12 letter B of Law Number 31 concerning Corruption Crimes.

"So that the panel of judges declares the defendant guilty and imposes a sentence of seven years in prison with a fine of Rp. 300 million, a subsidiary of six months in prison," said Prosecutor Budi at the Bandung District Court, Bandung City, West Java, quoted by Antara, Monday, October 25.

There is also a burdensome thing for Aa, namely that he does not support government programs in an effort to eradicate corruption. While the mitigating thing is that Aa has never been punished.

In addition to the sentence, the Prosecutor also demanded that the panel of judges punish Aa to pay compensation of Rp. 2.3 billion. The money was calculated based on corruption and gratuities allegedly received by Aa.

The prosecutor asked Aa to pay the replacement money one month after the judge's decision later. If he is unable to pay, then Aa's property will be confiscated for auction until it meets the value of the replacement money.

"If the replacement money does not meet the value, it will be replaced with a prison sentence of one year," said the prosecutor.

Prosecutors also charged Aa with a sentence of revocation of political rights to be elected to public office. So that Aa cannot run for regent or similar within five years after Aa has served her prison sentence.

In this case, the Prosecutor accused Aa Umbara of being involved in corruption by arranging the procurement of emergency response items for the COVID-19 pandemic at the Bandung Regency Social Service in 2020.

Then Aa was also charged with receiving Rp. 2.4 billion from a number of officials within the West Bandung Regency Government for the purpose of changing positions or maintaining positions which were seen as gratification practices.