The Attorney For The Former Head Of PUPR Gerius One Asks For The Trial Of His Client's Corruption Case To Take Place In Papua

Lawyers and Gerius One at the Corruption Court (DOK ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The attorney for the former head of the Papua Public Works and Spatial Planning (PUPR) Agency, Gerius One Yoman, Jean Janner Gultom, assessed that the trial of the alleged corruption case involving his client should have taken place in Jayapura, Papua. "If we follow the reading of the prosecutor's indictment (public prosecutor's office) earlier, all the locus delicti (where the crime occurred) is in Jayapura. So, in accordance with Article 84, this case should be tried at the Corruption Court at the Jayapura District Court (PN)," Jean said in an indictment trial at the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court, Jakarta, Antara, Monday, November 13. The alleged corruption case also involved former Papuan governor Lukas Enembe and another defendant named Rijatono Lakka who was suspected of giving bribes. Because the other two defendants had already been tried, Gerius One Yoman's attorney stated that he would not object again. "Because the defendant's case together with the cases of the defendants Rijatono Lakka and Lukas Enembe, who had already been examined, tried, and already signed, and tried by the corruption court at the Central Jakarta District Court; then specifically regarding objections to the exception of relative authority, we leave it entirely to His Majesty and we will not file it again in connection with a decree from His Majesty Chief Justice of the Supreme Court," explained the attorney. The prosecutor charged Gerius One Yoman with accepting bribes and gratuities worth a total of Rp2,595,507,228 and an apartment in Central Jakarta along with household supplies. Gerius is suspected of accepting bribes and gratuities with Lukas Enembe from Rijatono Lakka over a project or work for the procurement of goods and services. The trial was postponed until November 20 at the Central Jakarta District Court with the agenda of examining witnesses from the public prosecutor.

Gerius was charged and threatened with criminal acts Article 12 letter a jo, Article 11 jo, and Article 12B in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption, as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 65 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.