Considered Sick And Elderly, Judge Vonis 2 BoS Corruption Defendant At SDN North Lombok A Year In Prison

The two defendants in the corruption case of SDN 2 Bayan Ningrat Sari (left third) and Baiq Romiati (left second) BOS funds are running in the middle of the assembly after the verdict / ANTARA trial

The Panel of Judges at the Mataram District Court, West Nusa Tenggara, sentenced two defendants to the 2017-2018 School Operational Assistance (BOS) corruption at SDN 2 Bayan, North Lombok Regency. The two defendants are Ningrat Sari, former Head of SDN 2 Bayan and Baiq Romiati, former Treasurer of SDN 2 Bayan. "Sentenced the defendant Ningrat Sari to one year in prison," said Chief Justice I Ketut Somanasa while reading the verdict at the Mataram Corruption Crime District Court (Tipikor), quoted from Antara, Wednesday, February 22. A similar sentence was also given to Baiq Romiati. Likewise, the imposition of a fine to the two defendants amounting to Rp50 million, subsidiary to 1 month in prison. In accordance with the audit report of the NTB Representative Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP), the loss that arose was due to the use of a fictitious budget. Thus, in determining the judge, the two defendants were found guilty of violating the subsidiary indictment in accordance with Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 paragraph 1 letter b of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law no. 20 of 2001 jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code. The verdict against the two defendants was lower than the prosecutor's demands, which previously asked the panel of judges to sentence them to 1 year and 6 months in prison with a fine of Rp. 50 million, subsidiary to 3 months in prison. The judge handed down such a verdict taking into account the good faith of the two defendants who had fully recovered state losses. "Therefore, ordering the public prosecutor to return the money deposited by the two defendants to the state treasury," he said. In addition, the judge considered the age of the two defendants who were already in the elderly category and are now sick. "The defendant admitted his actions and was polite during the trial," he said. After the verdict was read, the two defendants through legal counsel stated that they accepted the verdict. Likewise, the public prosecutor represented by the Toputera Sesar did not appeal the decision.