5 Years Of Buron, Corruptor Asal Makassar Arrested In Jakarta

Head of the Legal Information Section of the South Sulawesi Prosecutor's Office, Soetarmi, gave a statement to reporters at the South Sulawesi High Prosecutor's office, in Makassar, Friday (20/1/2023). (ANTARA)

MAKASSAR - After being on the run for five years, a corruptor of Rp. 3.9 billion from Makassar Sitti Saenab NB was arrested by the South Sulawesi High Prosecutor's Office at his escape site in the Cipete area, Jakarta.

The fugitive is a convict Sitti, for the corruption case of the Makassar City Daya General Hospital (RSUD) procurement project since 2018.

"This convict was arrested at his location in housing, Jalan Flamboyan 12B North Cipete, South Jakarta. He was based on domicile, initially in Makassar City," said Head of the Legal Information Section of the South Sulawesi Attorney General's Office, Soetarmi, quoted by Antara, Friday, January 20.

Terpidana diketahui merupakan mantan Direktur RSUD Daya Makassar periode tahun 2012 diamankan tim Tabur bersama Kejagung setelah mendapat informasi kepastian lokasi keberadaannya di Jakarta.

Initially, he was domiciled on Lembang Street number 2 Bukit Baruga, Antang Village, Manggala District, Makassar City, South Sulawesi.

"We are concerned about securing it because after a court decision was made in 2018. The Supreme Court's decision (inkrah)," he said.

For the case that ensnared the convict, namely a corruption case in the procurement of medical devices at the Daya Hospital with a 2012 project budget of IDR 3.9 billion.

Based on Supreme Court Decision Number 1673 K/Pid.Sus/2018, the convict was legally and convincingly proven guilty of committing a criminal act of corruption together. This decision was strengthened after the defendant took an appeal from the Makassar Corruption District Court.

The defendant was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison and was fined Rp. 100 million, subsidiary to three months in prison for being proven to have committed an unlawful act which resulted in state losses of Rp. 893,119,160.

In the process of legal proceedings, after the Supreme Court's verdict, the defendant was uncooperative, and was difficult to contact. This made it difficult for the Public Prosecutor's Team (JPU) to carry out the execution of the defendant.

"When we conducted a search to carry out the execution, the whereabouts of the person concerned since 2018 were not known. The convict was assigned to the wanted list or DPO," said Soetarmi.

From the arrest of the convict who was fugitive for five years, the team immediately took him to the Class IA Penitentiary (Lapas) in South Jakarta to serve a sentence of five years in prison, including paying fines and replacement money.

"Because the person concerned asked to be executed in Jakarta. So after the arrest was made, the Public Prosecutor handed it over to the South Jakarta Prison to carry out his execution," he asserted.