Property Entrepreneur From Medan Sued 2.5 Years In Prison, Case Of Vaccine Sales

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MEDAN - A property entrepreneur in Medan named Selviwaty alias Selvi was sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison by the Public Prosecutor (JPU). The prosecution was filed because Selviwaty is believed to have been found guilty in the case of buying and selling vaccines.

The claim was read out by the prosecutor from the North Sumatra Prosecutor's Office, Hendri Edison, during a virtual trial in the Cakra 2 room, Medan District Court, Monday, November 1.

The prosecutor also asked that this woman be sentenced with a fine of Rp100 million, a subsidiary of 4 months in prison.

The prosecutor assessed that the defendant was proven guilty of giving or promising something to civil servants in this case to Dr. Indra as the Head of the Tanjung Gusta Rutan Primary Clinic and Dr. Kristinus Saragih who is an ASN at the North Sumatra Health Office in the implementation of paid vaccinations.

"The defendant's actions were proven to have violated Article 5 paragraph 1 letter a of Law Number 31 of 1999 in conjunction with Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code, namely the first indictment," said the prosecutor before a panel of judges chaired by Saut Maruli Tua Pasaribu.

In this case, the public prosecutor stated that the implementation of the COVID-19 vaccination was free. However, it turned out that there was a collection of money for COVID-19 vaccination participants in the amount of Rp250 thousand for each stage 1 and stage 2 vaccine or complete with a total of Rp500 thousand.

During the trial, the Chief Justice, Saut Maruli Tua Pasaribu, gave Selvi the opportunity to present her defense.

In the memorandum of defense, Selvi requested that the panel of judges give the fairest sentence.

According to her, what she did was only to help people get vaccinated against COVID-19. It is acknowledged that the giving of money by the vaccination participants was not coercive on her but what she did was wrong, she asked for the lightest punishment for herself.

Meanwhile, the public prosecutor who responded to the defendant's defense stated that he would stand by his demands. Then the panel of judges postponed the trial until next week in the agenda of reading the verdict.