Boss Fund Corruption, Ex-Principal In Palembang Threatened With 20 Years In Prison

The former Headmaster of the 79 Palembang State Elementary School, Nurmala Dewi, underwent the first trial / Antara

PALEMBANG - The defendant in the alleged corruption case of school aid funds (BOS) for elementary schools in Palembang, South Sumatra, faces a maximum prison sentence of 20 years.

This is in accordance with the article imposed by the Public Prosecutor of the Palembang District Attorney (Kejari) against the defendant Nurmala Dewi (56) in her first trial at the Palembang City District Court, Thursday, October 28.

Prosecutor Hery Fadlullah in his indictment said that the defendant, who is a former head of the Palembang 79 State Elementary School, was suspected of having harmed the state in the amount of Rp.457.553,000.

The hundreds of millions of money is known to have come from the School Operational Assistance Fund (BOS) for the second quarter of 2019 and is suspected to have been misappropriated to enrich himself by the defendant.

"Due to the defendant's actions, the state is suspected of having suffered a loss of IDR 457,553,000," he said in the trial led by the panel of judges, Mangapul Manalu, as reported by Antara.

For his actions, the defendant Nurmala Dewi was subject to Article 2 paragraph (1) Juncto Article 18 of the Law (UU) of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended in Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999. 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption Juncto Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code as the primary article.

Subsidiary of Article 3 Juncto Article 18 of Law Number 3 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended in Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Corruption Crimes Juncto Article 55 paragraph (1) Ke- 1 of the Criminal Code.

In the article charged by the prosecutor, it states that any person who unlawfully commits an act of enriching himself or another person or a corporation that can harm the state's finances or the state's economy, is sentenced to life imprisonment or a minimum imprisonment of four years and a maximum of four years imprisonment. 20 years. A minimum fine of IDR 200 and a maximum of IDR 1 billion.

Previously, the defendant was the former head of the State Elementary School (SDN) 79 Jalan Panca Usaha number 50, 5 Ulu Village, Seberang Ulu I District, Palembang City, it was known that he had been declared a fugitive on the one-year-long wanted list. /Fd.1/Pidsus/12/2020 on December 30, 2020.

He was arrested by a joint team of the Attorney General's Office (Kejagung), the South Sumatra High Court (Kejati Sumsel) and the Palembang District Attorney (Kejari).

The team arrested the defendant at his hiding place at the Bukit Indah Residance Housing Estate, Pangkalan Balai, Banyuasin Regency, Tuesday, September 14, last evening, and was detained at the Merdeka Women's Detention Center, Palembang.