North Sumatra Prosecutor's Office Stops Prosecution Of Three Cases With A Restorative Approach

The North Sumatra Prosecutor's Office has exposed the case (photo: dock. intermediate)

The North Sumatra High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati North Sumut) has stopped prosecuting three cases from the Belawan District Attorney (Kejari) and Karo Kejari Branch with a restorative or restorative justice (RJ) approach. "Previously, the case exposure was submitted to the Deputy Attorney General for General Crimes (JAM Pidum) Dr Fadil Zumhana represented by the Director of TP Oharda at Jam Pidum Agnes Triani, the Coordinator at Jam Pidum and other officials, Tuesday 27 June," said Head of Legal Information at the North Sumatra Prosecutor's Office Yos A Tarigan in Medan, Wednesday, June 28. He said the case filed from the Belawan Kejari with suspect Ibrahim Jalil alias Jalil who was suspected of committing fraud and violating Article 378 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 55 Paragraph (1) 1 of the Criminal Code or Article 480 Paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code. Then, saidYos, Karo's Kejari Branch in Tiga Binangaga with suspect Elyas Suranta Kacaribu alias Suran and the suspect Laurencus Heru Pinem alias Ramban who allegedly committed embezzlement and violated the market Article 480 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.

"This RJ has peace between the victim and the suspect, where the suspect admits and regrets his actions, and promises not to repeat his actions," he said. According to him, the termination of prosecution was carried out based on the Attorney General's Regulation (Perja) No. 15 of 2020 concerning the termination of prosecution with a restorative justice approach. "Between the suspect and the victim there is no longer revenge and has opened a legal space. According to law, the perpetrators and victims jointly formulate the resolution of the problem for the restoration of their original state," said Yos.