Prosecutors Execute Money In Lieu Of The NTB Pool Corruption Case Rp6.7 Billion

East Lombok Kajari Efi Laila Kholis (central) accompanied by his staff in the activity of executing money to replace corruption cases in the structuring and dredging of the Rp 6.7 billion (ANTARA) anchorage pond

The public prosecutor (JPU) executed money to replace the corruption case of the structuring and dredging project of the Labuhan Haji Pier, East Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara, for the 2016 fiscal year amounting to Rp6.7 billion.

Head of the Intelligence Section of the East Lombok Kejari Lalu Mohamad Rasyidi by telephone, Tuesday, confirmed the execution.

"We will carry out the execution of the replacement money by depositing it into the cash area of East Lombok Regency through Bank NTB Syariah," said Rasyidi, quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, June 20.

In the activity which took place at the Hall of the East Lombok Kejari Office, at around 13.00 WITA, the execution of the replacement money was led by Kajari Lombok Timur Efi Laila Kholis.

The activity was also witnessed by the Head of the Regional Asset Financial Management Agency (BPKAD) of East Lombok Hasni and the Head of the Bank NTB Syariah Branch.

"From this activity, we have made an official report on the execution of replacement money and the signing of the minutes of the execution," he said.

The execution of the replacement money that was carried out today, he explained, was a follow-up to the bank guarantee disbursement activity in the form of down payment guarantees at the BNI Bandung Main Branch Office.

"Our disbursement was carried out last Thursday (15/5) last week, directly led by Kajari (Head of the East Lombok Kejari) at the BNI Bandung Main Branch Office as the down payment guarantor. We did the disbursement by transferring it to the East Lombok Kejari admission account to BRI Selong Branch," he said.

The East Lombok Kejari carried out the execution of this replacement money based on the Decision of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia Number: 1244 K/Pid.Sus/2023, dated April 12, 2023.

The Supreme Court in Nugroho's ruling granted the public prosecutor's appeal and canceled the decision of the Corruption Court at the Mataram District 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 Nugroho for 3 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 200 million, subsidiary to 3 months in prison.

Against Nugroho, Rasyidi assured that his party had carried out the execution of detention at the Class IIB Selong Prison, East Lombok Regency.

The cassation judge in the decision also ordered Bank BNI, Bandung's Main Branch, as the underwriter for the 2016 project, to disburse a project down payment of Rp. 6.7 billion and hand it over 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 set such a sentence by declaring Nugroho not proven guilty in the primary indictment of the public prosecutor. Instead, it was 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.