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    "data": {
        "id": 1816500,
        "msgid": "entangled-in-djka-and-village-official-extortion-cases-sudewo-rejects-being-tried-under-a-single-indictment-1782118435",
        "date": "2026-06-22 15:26:27",
        "title": "Entangled in DJKA and Village Official Extortion Cases, Sudewo Rejects Being Tried Under a Single Indictment",
        "author": "Mas Alamil Huda",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "Sudewo's legal team has filed an exception at the Semarang Corruption Court, arguing that the public prosecutor's decision to combine two separate cases into one indictment is legally unfounded. The defence contends that the alleged corruption at the Directorate General of Railways and the extortion of village officials in Pati Regency involve distinct actors, evidence, and jurisdictions. They assert that this merger violates the Criminal Procedure Code and risks prejudicing their client's right to a fair hearing.",
        "content": "<p>Sudewo\u2019s legal team submitted an exception during a follow-up hearing\nat the Semarang Corruption Court on Monday, objecting to the public\nprosecutor\u2019s decision to combine two separate cases into a single\nindictment. The defence argued that the merger of the alleged corruption\ncase at the Directorate General of Railways (DJKA) of the Ministry of\nTransportation and the extortion case involving village officials in\nPati Regency is baseless and risks harming their client\u2019s right to a\ndefence. The exception was read out alternately by the eight-member\nlegal team, consisting of Aviv Dihan Kuntoro, Yupen Hadi, Indra Perbawa,\nIndra Alisman, Boy Tidarmawan Putra, Rudy Adianto, and Justinus Slamet\nMurdomo. The legal team did not address the substance of the case but\nfocused on the prosecutor\u2019s decision to combine the two matters. They\ncited Article 72 of the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP), which\nstipulates that cases may only be combined if they are committed by the\nsame person, are interconnected, and if the consolidation is necessary\nfor the examination process. The defence argued that the DJKA and\nvillage official cases have different legal bases, spheres of authority,\ntimes and locations of the alleged offences, actors, objects, witnesses,\nand evidence, thus failing to meet the requirements for consolidation.\nThey further argued that the merger violates Article 75, paragraph (3)\nof the KUHAP, which requires an indictment to be carefully, clearly, and\ncompletely described. The defence stated that the consolidation creates\nan obstacle to the examination process because the panel of judges must\nexamine two different constructions of a case within a single framework,\nwhile the defendant must face two separate spaces of defence in one\nindictment. They added that the defendant is not only forced to confront\nsubstantially different charges but also faces the risk of mixed\nperceptions between the two indictments, where one charge could colour\nthe perspective on the other, even though each should be tested\nindependently based on its own factual boundaries.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/entangled-in-djka-and-village-official-extortion-cases-sudewo-rejects-being-tried-under-a-single-indictment-1782118435",
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    },
    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
    "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com"
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