KPK Prosecutor Demands Regent Of Hulu Sungai Utara Inactive 9 Years In Prison

The defendant, the inactive HSU Regent, Abdul Wahid, attended an online trial held at the Banjarmasin Corruption Court, Monday (1/8/2022). (ANTARA/Word)

BANJARMASIN - The Public Prosecutor of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has demanded the inactive Hulu Sungai Utara Regent Abdul Wahid be sentenced to nine years in prison in a trial held at the Banjarmasin Corruption Court (Tipikor), South Kalimantan.

"The defendant is also charged with a fine of Rp. 500 million, subsidiary of 1 year in prison," said the KPK Public Prosecutor's Team, Titto Jaelani, when reading out the charges in the trial, reported by ANTARA, Monday, August 1.

Abdul Wahid was also demanded to pay a replacement fee of more than Rp26 billion. The replacement money was calculated from the total gratuities that the prosecutor said had been received by the defendant since 2015 in the form of project fees and sale and purchase of positions within the North Hulu Sungai Regency Government (HSU), which was more than Rp31 billion.

This amount is then deducted from liquid assets that have been confiscated by investigators and confiscated for the state, including cash in the form of rupiah, US dollars and Singapore dollars, the value of which is approximately Rp. 5.1 billion.

If after 1 month of the inkrah decision and the defendant cannot pay the replacement money, then his property can be confiscated by the prosecutor and auctioned to pay the replacement money.

However, if it is not sufficient, then the defendant is sentenced to 6 months.

"From a series of evidence trials that have presented 41 witnesses including experts, we believe the defendant is guilty of committing a criminal act of corruption," said Titto.

This is as charged in Article 12 letter a of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Corruption Crimes Jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code Jo. Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.

In addition, Article 12B of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes in conjunction with Article 65 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.

Lastly, Article 3 of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 8 of 2010 concerning Prevention and Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering in conjunction with Article 65 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.

The Public Prosecutor assessed that all objections submitted by the defendant when responding to the witnesses' testimonies should be dismissed because they were fabricated and not in line with the witnesses' statements.

Based on these demands, the defendant who attended the online trial from the Banjarmasin Class IIA Prison and his legal adviser, Fadli Nasution, plans to present a defense.

Chairman of the Panel of Judges, Yusriansyah, said the trial with the agenda of reading the memorandum of defense was scheduled to be held on Monday (8/8) next week.