Supreme Court Judges Former West Manggarai Regent Guilty Of Corruption Cases Land Assets Owned By Local Government

KUPANG - The Supreme Court (MA) of the Republic of Indonesia has officially decided that the former Regent of West Manggarai, Agustinus Ch Dulla, was guilty of a corruption case of land assets belonging to the West Manggarai Government covering an area of 30 hectares worth Rp1.3 trillion.

In this decision, the Supreme Court sentenced Agustinus to nine years in prison. "In the cassation decision from the MA and has been received by the NTT High Court, that the MA decision confirms the decision of the Kupang High Court," said Head of the Legal Information and Public Relations Section of the NTT High Prosecutor's Office, Abdul Hakim, in Kupang, as reported by Antara, Sunday, March 6 .

Abdul explained that in an appeal decision at the Kupang High Court, the former regent of the West End of Flores Island was sentenced to nine years in prison. However, the defendant appealed against the decision of the Kupang High Court which had sentenced him to nine years in prison.

According to Abdul, the Supreme Court's cassation decision on behalf of the defendant Agustinus CH Dulla was based on the excerpt of decision No. 872 K/Pid.Sus/2022 dated January 25, 2022, which rejected the defendant's and the public prosecutor's appeal to the West Manggarai District Attorney.

Based on this decision, Abdul continued, the defendant was executed to serve his sentence according to the decision of the Corruption Court at the Kupang High Court Number 25/Pid.Sus-TPK/2021/PT.Kpg dated September 15, 2021, whose decision accepted the public prosecutor's appeal request and sentenced the defendant Agustinus CH Dulla was sentenced to nine years in prison and a fine of Rp600 million, subsidiary to three months in prison.

The cassation panel revised the Corruption Crime Court's decision at the Kupang District Court Number 33/Pid.Sus-TPK/2021/PN.Kpg dated June 30, 2021, thereby punishing the defendant Agustinus CH Dulla. According to Abdul, the executing prosecutor at the West Manggarai District Prosecutor's Office and the NTT Prosecutor's Office carried out the execution of the Supreme Court's decision.

However, according to Abdul Hakim, at the time of execution, the defendant objected and refused to be executed based on a court decision that has permanent legal force on the grounds that he had to read a copy of the Supreme Court's decision.

Abdul stated that the executing prosecutor had explained that while waiting for the proceedings of the case from the Supreme Court and in accordance with the circular letter of the Supreme Court number 2 of 2010 and the circular letter of the Supreme Court number 1 of 2011 on the basis of the excerpt of the decision the prosecutor was able to carry out the execution of the decision.

"The defendant Agustinus CH Dulla still refuses to carry out the court's decision which has permanent legal force on the grounds that he wants to read the entire Supreme Court decision," said Abdul.