BJU Group Executive Faces 8-Year Prison Sentence in LPEI Corruption Case
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Hendarto, the director and beneficial owner of several companies within the Bara Jaya Utama (BJU) Group, has been demanded a prison sentence of eight years by the public prosecutor in connection with the alleged LPEI corruption case.
The public prosecutor from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Achmad Husin Madya, demanded that Hendarto be declared legally and convincingly guilty of committing corruption offences jointly and continuously in the case.
“This is as stated in the first indictment,” the prosecutor said during the reading of the indictment at the Corruption Court in the Central Jakarta District Court on Tuesday.
The prosecutor also demanded that Hendarto be subjected to an additional penalty of repayment of USD 1.6 trillion and 14.95 million US dollars, with a subsidiary prison term of six years.
The repayment amount takes into account evidence seized for the state as a deduction from the repayment and the Rp3.77 billion already deposited by Hendarto.
Thus, the prosecutor is convinced that Hendarto is guilty of violating the criminal provisions under Article 603 in conjunction with Article 20 letter c jo. Article 126 paragraph (1) of the National Criminal Code jo. Article 18 of Law No. 31 of 1999 on the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended and supplemented by Law No. 20 of 2001.
Before submitting the demand, the prosecutor considered several aggravating and mitigating factors. The aggravating circumstances include Hendarto not supporting the government’s programme in efforts to eradicate corruption offences and efforts to increase national exports, as well as damaging public trust in LPEI.
“Meanwhile, the mitigating factors are that the defendant has family dependents and has returned a small portion of the state’s losses,” the prosecutor stated.
The state losses are alleged to have occurred because Hendarto enriched himself to the amount of the state losses in the alleged corruption case related to the provision of credit facilities by LPEI.
Hendarto’s actions were carried out jointly with the Head of Division I Financing at LPEI, Kukuh Wirawan, Executive Director of LPEI Ngalim Sawega, Executive Director I of LPEI Dwi Wahyudi, Executive Director III of LPEI Basuki Setyadjid, Executive Director IV of LPEI Arif Setiawan, and Executive Director V of LPEI Omar Baginda Pane, who are being prosecuted separately.
In addition to enriching himself, Hendarto’s actions are also alleged to have enriched several other parties, namely Dwi by Rp7 billion and 227 thousand US dollars, Arif by 50 thousand US dollars, and Kukuh by Rp500 million and 120 thousand US dollars.
For his actions, Hendarto faces a penalty under Article 603 jo. Article 20 letter c jo. Article 126 paragraph (1) jo. Article 618 of the National Criminal Code or Article 3 jo. Article 18 of the Anti-Corruption Law.