MA Circumcision Sentenced Brigadier General Prasetijo Utomo To 2.5 Years In Prison In The Djoko Tjandra Case

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JAKARTA - The Supreme Court (MA) has cut the sentence of the former Head of the Coordination and Supervision Bureau (Kakorwas) of the Civil Service Investigator (PPNS) of the National Police Criminal Investigation Department Brigadier General Prasetijo Utomo to 2.5 years in prison in the case of a fake letter investigating the Djoko Tjandra case.

"Declaring that the convict Prasetijo Utomo has not been legally and convincingly proven guilty of committing a criminal act as charged in the second indictment; sentenced the convict to imprisonment for 2 years and 6 months," said MA spokesman Andi Samsan Nganro, in Jakarta, Antara dilansie, Monday, April 25.

The decision was taken by the Supreme Court Judicial Review (PK) consisting of Eddy Army as chairman of the assembly and Dwiarso Budi Santiarto and Jupriyadi respectively as members, on April 12, 2022.

"Declare that the convict Prasetijo Utomo is proven legally and convincingly guilty of the crime of 'ordering to forge letters continuously and after committing a crime with the intention of covering it up, destroying objects with which the crime was committed jointly," said Andi Samsan.

This means that the PK decision is the same as the demands of the General Prosecutor (JPU) of the East Jakarta District Attorney who requested that Prasetijo Utomo be sentenced to 2.5 years in prison and proven charges against one primary, second, and third.

Previously, the East Jakarta District Court Panel of Judges on December 22, 2020 stated that Prasetijo was proven guilty of one primary, second and third charges, so he was sentenced to 3 years in prison.

Meanwhile, the decision of the DKI Jakarta High Court on March 3, 2021, affirmed the decision of the East Jakarta District Court.

In the PK decision, Prasetijo was proven to have indicted one primary Article 263 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code concerning orders to continue falsifying letters, and Article 221 paragraph 1 of the 2nd Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code, namely committing a crime with the intention of covering it up, destroying objects with which the crime was committed, together.

However, Prasetijo was not proven guilty of the second indictment of Article 263 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code which regulates the issue of allowing people who have been deprived of their independence to escape continuously. The TU Bureau of the PPNS Bareskrim Polri Korwas made a fake travel document for Djoko Tjandra by stating the need to change it to pandemic monitoring in Pontianak and the surrounding area.

In fact, Djoko Tjandra is a convict in the "cessie" case of Bank Bali based on the Supreme Court's Judicial Review (PK) decision on June 11, 2009 which was sentenced to 2 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 15 million with a subsidiary of 3 months.

However, he fled so that since June 17, 2009 he was declared a fugitive and entered the People's Wanted List (DPO) of the Directorate General of Immigration and the Interpol Red Notice list.

The pick-up was carried out from Pontianak to Jakarta on June 6 and 8, 2020. Prasetijo then told his subordinates Jhony Andijanto to come pick up Djoko Tjandra.

Jhony then took the travel documents, a certificate of COVID-19 examination and a letter of health recommendation on behalf of Prasetijo Utomo, Anita Dewi Kolopaking, and Djoko Tjandra which he kept, then burned the letters.

After finishing the burning, Jhony documented it and reported it directly to Prasetijo.

After seeing the photos stored on Jhony Andrijanto's cell phone, Prasetijo said 'don't use the cellphone anymore', so since then the white Samsung A70 cellphone and the sim card are no longer used and stored in the car.

In addition to the fake letter case, Prasetijo Utomo is also still serving a 3.5-year prison sentence in a corruption case in the form of accepting bribes worth 100 thousand US dollars from Djoko Tjandra.

In this regard, a number of parties have been sentenced. Djoko Tjandra was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison based on an appeal decision from the Jakarta High Court (for the bribery case), 2.5 years in prison for the fake letter case, and 2 years in prison in the Bank Bali cessie corruption case.

Furthermore, Pinangki prosecutor Sirna Malasari was sentenced to 4 years in prison based on an appeal decision from the Jakarta High Court from 10 years in prison in a corruption and money laundering case; former Head of the International Relations Division of the Indonesian National Police, Inspector General (Irjen) Napoleon Bonaparte, was sentenced to 4 years in prison for accepting bribes from Djoko Tjandra; businessman Tommy Sumardi was sentenced to 2 years in prison for helping Djoko Tjandra, private sector party Andi Irfan Jaya was sentenced to 6 years in prison for helping prosecutor Pinangki and advocate Anita Kolopaking was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for helping Djoko Tjandra.