LPEI case: eight defendants sentenced to up to 13 years in prison
Eight defendants in the national export financing corruption case at the Indonesian Eximbank (LPEI) for the 2015–2020 period have been sentenced to prison terms ranging from eight years and six months to 13 years.
The demands were read out by public prosecutors from the Attorney General’s Office during a hearing at the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court on Friday.
Prosecutor Arif Darmawan Wiratama assessed that the defendants were responsible for the disbursement of financing from LPEI to PT Tebo Indah (TI) and PT Pratama Agro Sawit (PAS).
“We demand that the panel of judges declare the defendants legally and convincingly proven guilty of committing corruption jointly and continuously as charged in the primary indictment,” the prosecutor said during the hearing.
Six defendants were each sentenced to eight years and six months in prison, namely Head of the Sharia Financing Division Department of LPEI for the 2011–2017 period Andi Maulana Adjie, Head of the Sharia Financing Division I Department for the 2007–2016 period Intan Apriadi, and Head of the Sharia Financing Division II Department for the 2011–2016 period Komaruzzaman.
Meanwhile, the beneficial owner of PT Tebo Indah and PT Pratama Agro Sawit, Handoko Limaho, was sentenced to 11 years in prison, while Director of PT Tebo Indah Liu Raymond was sentenced to 13 years.
The eight defendants were also sentenced to pay fines of Rp1 billion each, with the provision that if not paid, the fine would be replaced by 190 days of imprisonment.
Specifically for Handoko and Liu, the prosecutor also demanded additional penalties in the form of restitution payments of Rp346.47 billion and Rp646.35 billion respectively.
If the restitution payments are not made, Handoko faces a substitute sentence of five years and six months in prison, while Liu faces six years and six months.
The case relates to corruption in LPEI’s national export financing for the 2015–2020 period, which according to the prosecutor’s indictment caused state financial losses of approximately Rp992.82 billion.
The defendants were charged with jointly committing several interconnected criminal acts, which were considered as one continuous unlawful act that enriched Handoko Limaho and Liu Raymond.
The acts began when Handoko and Liu applied for financing facilities using feasibility study documents and asset valuation reports from the Public Appraisal Services Office (KJPP) that stated the area of land planted with oil palm did not match the actual conditions.
Handoko and Liu were also charged with using fiduciary deed documents for inventory and trade receivables that did not match the audited financial statements, as well as applying for disbursement of financing facilities using supporting documents in the form of fictitious invoices and contracts.