Former Head Of Perkim Pohuwato Gorontalo Prisoned 4 Years

The former head of the Pohuwato Regency Housing and Settlement Service, AS, hugged his family after being sentenced to the Corruption Crime District Court (PN Tipikor).

GORONTALO - Former Head of the Housing and Settlement Office of Pohuwato Regency, Gorontalo, with the initials AS was sentenced to four years in prison by the Panel of Judges at the Corruption Crime District Court (PN Tipikor) and Gorontalo Industrial Relations. "Imposing a four-year prison sentence to defendant AR, and a subsidiary of Rp. 200 million and or being replaced with imprisonment for two months," said Chief Justice Dwi Hatmodjo accompanied by two accompanying judges, Efendi Kadengkang and Priyo Pujono, Antara, Tuesday, January 24. With this decision, the US defendant's attorney, Ronal Taliki, said that he would think about the decision first, whether to take legal action or not. However, he said, in principle, it respects the decision. According to him, in that case there were other parties who were not withdrawn as suspects or defendants and held accountable. "One of the legal remedies that we will do later is how other parties who have become the facts of the trial being involved in this case can be held accountable as well," said Ronal. Other parties referred to by Ronal are from the Pohuwato Regency Government or the Perkim Service, facilitators, including the Community Self-Help Group. Apart from the US, another defendant with the initials IR was also sentenced to four years in prison. So that his attorney, Fatah Agung, said that his party would also think about the judge's decision. "After consulting with the client, we will think about the decision first. We will first study the complete content of the decision and then determine the next legal steps," said Fatah. The verdict against the defendant IR is far lower than the demands of the public prosecutor who demanded a prison sentence of 8.6 years. Former Head of the Housing and Settlement Area Office of Pohuwato Regency, Gorontalo Province AS and IR underwent a verdict hearing at the Gorontalo Corruption Crime District Court (PN Tipikor). Apart from AS and IR, there are other defendants who are still attending the current verdict trial at the Gorontalo Corruption Crime District Court (PN Tipikor), including MIR, NNA, HP. In August 2022, the Gorontalo Attorney General's Office named the five defendants in the corruption case of septic tank work at the Pohuwato Regency Government Housing and Settlement Office, TA 2021. With a budget ceiling of Rp. 8.759 billion.