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        "id": 1642926,
        "msgid": "amsal-sitepu-case-commission-iii-states-creative-work-cannot-be-unilaterally-valued-at-rp-0-1774850007",
        "date": "2026-03-30 11:58:07",
        "title": "Amsal Sitepu Case: Commission III States Creative Work Cannot Be Unilaterally Valued at Rp 0",
        "author": "Nawir Arsyad Akbar",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "The Chairman of DPR Commission III, Habiburokhman, has asserted that creative work by videographers cannot be arbitrarily valued at zero, in response to the case of Amsal Christy Sitepu, who faces allegations of budget inflation for producing promotional village videos through his company, CV Promiseland. Sitepu is being prosecuted for demanding Rp 30 million per village video, with the disparity arising from costs like creative concepts, equipment, production, and post-production, and could face up to two years in prison, a Rp 50 million fine, and repayment of Rp 202 million in state losses. Commission III urges the court to consider an acquittal or lenient sentence to avoid setting a harmful precedent for Indonesia's creative and digital economy.",
        "content": "<p>JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The Chairman of DPR Commission III,\nHabiburokhman, emphasised that creative work cannot be valued for free\nor at Rp 0 unilaterally.<\/p>\n<p>He made this statement during a public hearing (RDPU) discussing the\ncase of videographer Amsal Christy Sitepu, who is accused of inflating\nthe budget for services in producing village promotional videos through\nhis company, CV Promiseland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCreative videographer work does not have a fixed standard price, so\nit cannot be said that there was inflation or mark-up from a standard\nprice. Creative work cannot be unilaterally valued at Rp 0,\u201d said\nHabiburokhman during the RDPU on Monday (30\/3\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>Commission III hopes that the court decision will not set a bad\nprecedent for the creative and digital economy in Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCommission III of the DPR RI calls on the Panel of Judges in the\ncase of Brother Amsal Christy Sitepu to consider an acquittal or at\nleast a light sentence based on the trial facts, and to explore,\nunderstand, and follow the legal values and sense of justice that live\nin society,\u201d said Habiburokhman.<\/p>\n<p>He is accused of inflating the budget for village promotional video\nservices through his company, CV Promiseland.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, Amsal is facing a demand of two years\u2019 imprisonment, a\nfine of Rp 50 million, and an obligation to repay state losses of Rp 202\nmillion.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the Case Tracking Information System (SIPP) of the Medan\nDistrict Court, Amsal is known to have submitted a proposal for\nproducing village profile videos to 20 villages in Karo Regency through\nCV Promiseland.<\/p>\n<p>In the document, the cost of producing a village profile video was\noffered at Rp 30 million per village.<\/p>\n<p>The difference in value comes from several cost components, such as\ncreative concepts, use of equipment, production process, to\npost-production such as editing and dubbing.<\/p>\n<p>It is this difference in calculation that has become one of the bases\nfor the alleged budget inflation in the case ensnaring Amsal Sitepu.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/amsal-sitepu-case-commission-iii-states-creative-work-cannot-be-unilaterally-valued-at-rp-0-1774850007",
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