The Attorney General's Office Has Rules For Corruption Settlement Under IDR 50 Million

Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) Indonesian Attorney General Febrie Adriansyah, Thursday (27/1/2022). ANTARA/Laily Rahmawati

JAKARTA - Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) the Attorney General's Office, Febrie Adriansyah, said that his party has regulations regarding the settlement of corruption cases with a loss value of less than Rp. 50 million issued by the Attorney General.

According to him, the implementation of the regulation will be carried out carefully by considering various aspects ranging from the impact on the community and perpetrators so as not to repeat similar actions over and over again.

"The regulations already exist, the regulations under Rp 50 million are already with us (the prosecutor, ed.). But we have to do it very carefully," said Febrie when confirmed in Jakarta, reported by Antara, Friday, January 28.

He explained that in implementing the regulation, investigators must look at a number of aspects of corruption committed by perpetrators of corruption.

Later, he said, what investigators will see will include what kind of corruption has been committed, including as a result of acts of corruption with a loss value of under Rp 50 million.

"What do you think the consequences will be, is it possible that we mean Rp50 million, where we first identify where it happened, and how big is the impact of this corruption, so that's also taken into account," he said.

The former Director of Investigations at the Attorney General's Office for Jampidsus said that if the case is decided by restitution, it will involve the apparatus.

In this case, he said, the prosecutor coordinates with the institution where the perpetrators of corruption work for the mechanism for imposing sanctions.

According to him, there are a number of internal punishment mechanisms by state institutions against perpetrators of criminal acts, such as disciplinary punishment.

"So it doesn't stop that it (the loss, ed.) is below Rp. 50 million and the case is stopped. Yes, there are several considerations for the Attorney General's intention," explained Febrie. although the nominal amount is less than IDR 50 million, the impact on the community will be a consideration in deciding whether the case is terminated or not after the return.

This is so that the perpetrators of corruption do not repeat their actions over and over again, he said.

"This is a small thing, sometimes there is a direct impact on the community," said Febrie.

Because, continued Febrie, corruption with a nominal loss of less than IDR 50 million, for example IDR 10 million if it is repeated in the form of a deposit, cannot be resolved with a refund.

"Well, those considerations are in the prosecutor's office," he said.

However, Febrie emphasized that until now there have been no cases of alleged corruption crimes with losses of less than IDR 50 million that have been stopped by investigators.

"As far as I know in the regions, no one has arrived at the SP3. It seems that there is none. So in the early stages it is usually discussed at the inspectorate, yes in the investigation," said Febrie.

Previously, Attorney General Sanitiar Burhanuddin in a Hearing Meeting (RDP) with Commission III of the DPR RI, Thursday, January 27, revealed that he had asked the ranks not to process the law for perpetrators of corruption that resulted in state financial losses of less than Rp. 50 million.

The Attorney General chose the suspect to return the state's financial losses.

This effort is carried out as a form of implementing the legal process quickly, simply, and at a low cost.

"Criminal acts of corruption with state financial losses of less than Rp. 50 million are resolved by way of refunding state financial losses," said Burhanuddin.