Proven Involved In Car Surveillance Case, Sertu Adou Sentenced To 8 Months In Prison

Sertu Adou in the trial with the agenda of the decision on a criminal case of car embezzlement at the Corruption Court at the Mataram District Court, NTB, Tuesday (25/7/2023). ANTARA/Dhimas BP

The Panel of Judges at the Military Court III-14 Denpasar stated that Sergeant One (Sertu) Adou Dos Santos, a member of the Military Resort Command (Korem) 162/Wira Bhakti was proven to be involved in a car embezzlement case.

"We hereby try by imposing a prison sentence on the defendant Sertu Adou Dos Santos for 8 months and 20 days," said Chief Justice of the Military Court III-14 Denpasar Lieutenant Colonel Chk I Gede Made Suryawan at the Mataram District Court as reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, July 25.

The judge sentenced the defendant Sertu Adou to be proven to have violated Article 372 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1 of the Criminal Code.

The judge conveyed this decision by stating that the defendant participated in car embezzlement with another defendant, namely Ida Wahyuni.

Before passing the verdict, the panel of judges had considered aggravating and mitigating matters. It was burdensome, the defendant's actions violated the fifth Sapta Marga and the judge assessed that the defendant's actions had injured the good name of the Indonesian Army.

The mitigating thing is that the defendant behaved politely during the trial process, said honestly, and promised not to repeat his actions. The defendant was also never convicted in another case.

The verdict was lighter than the demands of the military oditur who asked the judge to sentence the defendant to imprisonment for 1 year.

After hearing the verdict, the defendant through his legal advisor expressed his position by accepting the verdict. Meanwhile, the military oditur has not yet expressed his position because he is still thinking about it.

The case of car embezzlement that dragged Sertu Adou was a follow-up to the case of the disclosure of the NTB Police which had named Ida Wahyuni, the former chairman of the Central Lombok Regional Tourism Promotion Agency (BPPD) as a suspect.

In the development of the case, Ida Wahyuni has now been convicted based on the decision of the Mataram District Court on February 15, 2023.

In the verdict, the judge sentenced Ida Wahyuni to 3 years and 6 months in prison by stating that the defendant's actions were proven to have violated the second alternative indictment which refers to the classification of criminal cases of fraud.