Appeal Rejected, Gazalba Saleh's Sentence Is Getting Tougher To 12 Years In Prison

Gazalba Saleh (doc. intermediate)

JAKARTA - The Panel of Judges decided to reject the appeal filed by former Supreme Court Justice Gazalba Saleh regarding the case of gratification and the Crime of Money Laundering (TPPU). In fact, it has increased the sentence to 12 years in prison.

"Declaring that the defendant Gazalba Saleh has been legally and convincingly proven guilty of committing a criminal act of corruption and the Crime of Money Laundering, which was carried out jointly as in the first and second cumulative indictment," said the Jakarta High Court Judge through an appeal decision quoted Friday, December 27.

Originally, in the first instance court, Gazalba was sentenced to 10 years in prison. However, at the appeal level, the Jakarta High Court (PT) judges sentenced him to 12 years in prison.

As for the fine, there was no change. Gazalba was still sentenced to a fine of Rp. 500,000,000 or Rp. 500 million, provided that if the fine was not paid, it was replaced with imprisonment for 4 months.

"The defendant Gazalba Saleh has been sentenced to 12 years in prison," said the judge.

In the verdict, the judge of PT Jakarta also asked Gazalba Saleh to pay a replacement money of Rp500,000,000.

If Gazalba is unable to pay the replacement money no later than 1 month after the court's decision that has obtained permanent legal force, then his property will be confiscated and auctioned off to cover the lack of replacement money as intended.

"In the event that the convict does not have sufficient assets to pay for the lack of replacement money, he will be sentenced to imprisonment for 2 years," said the judge.

The judge of PT DKI immediately ordered Gazalba Saleh to remain in detention.

With this decision, Gazalba Saleh was proven to have violated Article 12 B in conjunction with Article 18 of the Anti-Corruption Law in conjunction with Article 55 Paragraph (1) 1 of the Criminal Code. He also violated Article 3 of Law Number 8 of 2010 concerning Prevention and Eradication of Money Laundering in conjunction with Article 65 Paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.