Prosecutor Demands Former Head Of BNI Mataram 14 Years In Prison Fine Of IDR 500 Million In East Lombok KUR Corruption Case

The accused of corruption in the People's Business Credit Fund Disbursement (KUR) program in East Lombok Regency, who is a former Head of BNI Mataram Branch Amiruddin/ANTARA

The prosecutor demanded that the panel of judges impose a sentence on former Head of BNI Mataram Branch Amiruddin for 14 years in prison in a corruption case in the People's Business Credit Fund Distribution (KUR) program in East Lombok Regency. Fajar Alamsyah Malo representing the team of public prosecutors in the trial of the defendant Amiruddin's demands at the Corruption Court at the Mataram District Court, also asked the panel of judges to impose a fine of Rp. 500 million, subsidiary to 4 months in prison. "Demanding that the panel of judges also charge the defendant Amiruddin to pay compensation for state losses of Rp. 7.9 million," Ema said in the trial quoted from Antara, Wednesday, June 22. If the defendant is unable to pay within a period of 1 month from the time the decision has permanent legal force, he said, his party will confiscate and auction off the defendant's property to cover the replacement money. "If the defendant's property is not sufficient to replace it, the defendant is obliged to serve 3 months in prison," he said. The prosecutor assessed that the defendant did not support the government's program for national economic recovery due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result of the defendant's actions, not only the state lost, but the community, in this case, the farmers. "The mitigating thing is that the defendant has never served a sentence," he said. The prosecutor's demands refer to the primary indictment that regulates the criminal rule of Article 2 paragraph (1) 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) 1st of the Criminal Code. The KUR Fund Distribution Program takes place in the 2021 —2022 budget year. There are 789 farmers who are included as debtors. The total budget disbursed is IDR 29.95 billion. A total of 779 debtors came from corn farmers in Pemongkong Village, Sekaroh Village, Seriwe Village, Ekas Buana Village and Kwang Rundun Village in Jerowaru District, East Lombok Regency with a KUR value of Rp29.6 billion. Ten debtors from tobacco farmers in Pujut District, Central Lombok Regency with KUR worth IDR 345 million. Corruption problems arise in the distribution of 779 corn farmers in East Lombok Regency. The budget for 779 debtors is an assessment of audit experts from BPKP NTB as a total loss (total loss). In this case, the defendant Amiruddin as the former Head of the Mataram Branch BNI was responsible for the distribution of aid sourced from the ministry. The bank channeled it through CV Agro Biobriket and Briket (ABB), an intermediary company owned by another defendant, namely Lalu Irham. However, assistance for farmers in East Lombok Regency was not distributed, but went to the accounts of another company owned by Lalu Irham, namely PT Mitra Universal Group (MUG). The company was revealed as if it were appointed by CV ABB as a distributor of agricultural production facilities (saprotan) for aid recipient farmers. The budget disbursed was only distributed to tobacco farmers in Central Lombok Regency. For the allocation of farmers in East Lombok Regency, it was revealed that at the trial Lalu Irham had been used personally.

During the trial, it was revealed that Lalu Irham not only enjoyed himself, but there was evidence of distribution of money to a number of parties, one of which was named Krisbiantoro, who received regular remittances with a total of Rp. 13 billion. Krisbiantoro, in the facts of the trial, was revealed as the party who helped and promised to save Lalu Irham from the case.