Involved In Village Fund Corruption, Prosecutor Demands Former Acting Head Of Tial Ambon Village 1.5 Years In Prison

ARSIP - Ambon District Court Office. ANTARA/Daniel

The Public Prosecutor of the Central Maluku District Attorney (Kejari) has demanded a former acting Head of Tial Village, Salahutu District (Ambon Island) of Central Maluku Regency, with the initials JT for 1.5 years in prison. JT is suspected of being involved in corruption in village funds and the allocation of village funds for the 2017 fiscal year. The Public Prosecutor of the Central Malteng Prosecutor's Office, Junita Saheyapy, asked the panel of judges who examined and tried this case to declare the defendant JT guilty of violating Article 3 Juncto Article 18 paragraph (1), (2), and paragraph (3) of Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the eradication of corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code. In a trial chaired by Ambon Corruption Court Chief Justice Wilson Shriver and accompanied by two member judges, he also demanded that the defendant JT pay a fine of Rp. 50 million, a subsidiary subsidiary of three months in prison. The prosecutor, as quoted from Antara, Monday, October 30, also demanded that the defendant pay a replacement money of Rp486.8 million, a subsidiary of nine months in prison. This replacement money is a state financial loss arising from the actions of the defendant JT and the defendant SM as the Village Secretary of Til and NB (village treasurer). The replacement money was fully deducted with a deposit of Rp123.2 million so that the remaining replacement money was Rp363.6 million which had to be charged to the defendants JT, SM and NB to pay compensation of Rp121.2 million, subsidiary to nine months in prison. During the trial, the Public Prosecutor also demanded that the defendant NB as the Treasurer of Tial Village for two years in prison, a fine of Rp. 50 million, subsidiary to six months in prison and compensation of Rp. 486.8 million, subsidiary to 1.3 years in prison. Previously, the Maluku Police Ditreskrimsus Investigative Team had investigated the alleged corruption case of DD and ADD in Tial Village with indications of state losses based on the calculation of the Central Maluku Regency Inspectorate of Rp486.8 million.