Prosecutor's Office of NTB Cassation of Free Verdict for Corruption Accused at Hajj Dormitory

Photo archive - Defendant of corruption in the rehabilitation and maintenance project of the Lombok Embarkation Hajj Dormitory building Dyah Estu Kurniawati / ANTARA / Dhimas BP.

MATARAM - The West Nusa Tenggara High Prosecutor's Office has made a cassation lawsuit regarding the acquittal of the corruption suspect in the rehabilitation and maintenance program for the Lombok Hajj Embarkation Dormitory building, Dyah Estu Kurniawati.

"We have submitted an appeal to the court's decision of first instance on behalf of the defendant Dyah Estu in court", said NTB Prosecutor's Office spokesperson, Efrien Saputera, in Mataram as reported by ANTARA, Monday, January 30.

Regarding the cassation memory, Efrien admitted that he had not received further information from the public prosecutor.

"What is clear is that we have made an appeal. As for the memory of the cassation, whether it has been or not, we have no information yet", he said.

Based on data from the official website of the Mataram District Court's Case Tracing Information System (SIPP), Dyah Estu Kurniawati's case is registered at number: 28/Pid.Sus-TPK/2022/PN Mtr.

Komang Prasetya, who represented the public prosecutor from the NTB Attorney General's Office, was registered as the party that filed the cassation with the respondent Dyah Estu Kurniawati on January 11, 2023.

The spokesperson for the Mataram District Court, Kelik Trimargono, who was confirmed separately, also confirmed the information on the SIPP of the Mataram District Court.

"Yes, according to the information, the prosecutor has declared an appeal. As for the cassation memory, not yet", he said.

The Panel of Judges at the Mataram Corruption Crime District Court on December 29, 2022, handed down an acquittal to Dyah Estu Kurniawati, who served as managing director of the rehabilitation and maintenance project for the Lombok Embarkation Hajj Dormitory building.

The judge gave such a verdict by declaring the defendant not guilty in the primary and subsidiary charges of the public prosecutor thereby freeing the defendant from all charges and asking the public prosecutor to restore the dignity of the defendant as a citizen.

The judge passed such a verdict by looking at the facts revealed in the trial.

According to the judge, no facts were found that stated that Dyah enriched himself or another person or a corporation in accordance with the indictment of Article 2 paragraph (1) of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes.

Likewise the abuse of authority regulated in the indictment article 3 of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes.

The judge also stated that he had not found Dyah's involvement in a corruption case that had cost the state IDR 2.65 billion according to the audit results of the NTB Representative Office for Finance and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP).

Previously, the public prosecutor stated in his indictment that Dyah was proven to have violated Article 2 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning the Eradication of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1 Criminal Code according to the primary charge.

Against the defendant, the public prosecutor asked the judge to impose a criminal sentence of 7.5 years in prison and a fine of IDR 300 million, a subsidiary of four months in prison. The prosecutor in prosecution also charged the state compensation money with a value of IDR 1.32 billion, a subsidiary of three years and nine months in prison.