High Court Heavier Sentence Of Wawan Adik Ratu Atut To 7 Years In Prison

Tubagus Chaeri Wardana alias Wawan

JAKARTA - The Jakarta High Court has increased the sentence against the younger brother of former Banten Governor Ratu Atut Chosiyah, Tubagus Chaeri Wardana alias Wawan to 7 years in prison. Wawan looks at the corruption cases in the procurement of medical devices in Banten and South Tangerang.

"To state that the defendant Tubagus Chaeri Wardana has been legally and convincingly proven guilty of committing a criminal act of corruption jointly, as in the first indictment of the second alternative. Sentenced the defendant to 7 years imprisonment and a fine of Rp200 million on the condition that if the criminal is a fine. "they were not paid, they were replaced by imprisonment for 6 months," the verdict of PT Jakarta was quoted as saying by Antara, Thursday, December 17.

In addition, the judge also ordered Wawan to pay an additional penalty in the form of compensation amounting to Rp.58.025 billion, one year subsidiary to his imprisonment.

The verdict was decided by a panel of judges chaired by Andriani Nurdin and member judges, Mochammad Luthfi and Singgih Budi Prakoso on December 7, 2020.

The PT Jakarta decision was heavier than the Jakarta Corruption Court verdict (Tipikor) on July 16, 2020, which sentenced him to 4 years in prison plus a fine of Rp. 200 million, a subsidiary of 6 months in prison plus the obligation to pay compensation of Rp. 58.025 billion to Wawan.

However, like the first level decision, the panel of judges at the PT also stated that Wawan was not proven to have committed the crime of money laundering in the 2005-2012 period, which were the second and third charges.

"Therefore release the defendant from the second cumulative indictment and the third cumulative indictment by the Public Prosecutor," the verdict stated.

So that the panel of judges of PT DKI Jakarta unanimously declared Wawan free from two charges of money laundering with a total value of around Rp1.9 trillion.

Wawan is considered only proven in the first case, namely as the owner or President commissioner of PT Bali Pacific Pragama together with Ratu Atut Chosiyah as the Governor of Banten for the period 2007-2012 proven to have committed corruption in the procurement of medical equipment for the Referral Hospital of Banten province APBD TA 2012 and APBD-P TA 2012 which caused losses to state finances amounting to IDR 79.789 billion and the procurement of medical equipment for General Medicine at the South Tangerang City Health Center for the 2012 financial year amounting to IDR 14.528 billion with a total state loss of IDR 94.317 billion.

For his actions, in the procurement of medical devices for the Referral Hospital of Banten province, Wawan received a profit of IDR 50.083 billion, while in the alleged corruption of medical devices in South Tangerang, Wawan received a profit of IDR 7.941 billion or a total of IDR 58.025 billion.

Regarding the appeal decision, the KPK prosecutor said he would study it further.

"The KPK prosecutors will study further regarding the judges' considerations, especially regarding the consideration of the money laundering (TPPU) charges. The prosecutor will then take a stand on whether to accept the verdict or take cassation legal action," said Acting KPK spokesman Ali Fikri.

Meanwhile, regarding the consideration of the verdict, Ali Fikri said that the KPK appreciated and hoped that other judges would also follow the Supreme Court regulations in deciding Corruption cases.