Corruption Suspect In The Labuhan Haji Pier Labuh Hajj Pool Dredging Project Is Still A Fugitive From The East Lombok Kejari

Head of the Intelligence Section of the East Lombok Kejari Lalu Mohamad Rasyidi. BETWEEN/Dhimas BP

The East Lombok District Attorney, West Nusa Tenggara, confirmed that the project implementing director with the initials TR, who is the second suspect in the alleged corruption case in the arrangement and dredging of the Labuhan Haji Pier, is still on the prosecutor's wanted list. "Yes, the TR suspect is still being sought, he is still at large," said Head of the Intelligence Section of the East Lombok Kejari Lalu Mohamad Rasyidi by telephone, Antara, Monday, May 29. Rasyidi said that his party had not been able to determine the continuation of the case that had obtained a final legal decision from the Supreme Court for the first suspect, namely Nugroho, the project commitment maker (PPK) official. The Supreme Court in Nugroho's cassation decision number: 1244 K/Pid.Sus/2023, granted the public prosecutor's appeal request and canceled the first-degree court decision at the Mataram Corruption Court number: 14/Pid.Sus-TPK/2022/PN Mtr, dated September 21, 2022. The cassation judge also tried himself by imposing a prison sentence on the defendant Nugroho for 3 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 200 million, subsidiary to 3 months in prison. The judge also ordered Bank BNI, Bandung's Main Branch, as the underwriter for the 2016 project, to disburse a project down payment guarantee worth Rp. 6.7 billion and submit it to the regional treasury of East Lombok Regency. The down payment guarantee is in accordance with the disbursement of 20 percent of the project budget which is considered by the judge to be compensation for state losses. The judge also determined such a sentence by stating that the defendant Nugroho was not proven guilty in the primary indictment of the public prosecutor. Instead, it is proven according to the subsidiary charges. The indictment relates to Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law no. 20 of 2001 jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code. Thus, the judge determined that the detention period that had been served by the defendant was deducted entirely from the sentence imposed. The judge also determined that the defendant should continue to be detained. Regarding the cassation decision, Rasyidi admitted that his party had not received a notification letter from the court. "There is no relation (decision notification letter) yet," he said. Therefore, he also ensured that his party had not been able to carry out the execution of Nugroho's detention or follow up on the case for the suspect TR to the prosecution process, namely the trial of In Absentia (trial without the defendant's presence) in court. From the first instance court decision which declared Nugroho free from all prosecutors' demands, there was an order from the judge that all evidence be returned to the prosecutor to be used in the case of the suspect with the initials TR.

The judge also in the verdict believes that PT Guna Karya Nusantara (GKN) as the project implementer who has received a down payment is also responsible for the emergence of state losses.