Reasons Behind Attorney General's Office Examination of Karo District Prosecutor's Office Staff Due to Videographer Case

The Attorney General’s Office’s Organisational Resource Security Team (Pam SDO) has secured the Head of the Karo District Prosecutor’s Office, Danke Rajagukguk, up to the Public Prosecutors (JPU) handling the case of Amsal Christy Sitepu. “It is true that the Karo District Prosecutor, the Head of the Special Crimes Investigation Section [Reinhard Harve Sembiring], and the relevant sub-section heads or JPUs in the handling of the Amsal Sitepu case have been secured by the Attorney General’s Office Pam SDO team,” stated the Head of the Attorney General’s Office Legal Information Centre, Anang Supriatna, when confirmed via written message on Sunday (5/4). Anang explained that they will undergo clarification or questioning regarding the handling of the case that has recently attracted public attention. “Clearly, they will be clarified on whether the case handling was professional or not,” Anang said. “We will wait for the results of the clarification and we will inform you. Of course, in this regard, we need time and we still prioritise the principle of caution while upholding the presumption of innocence,” he emphasised. If violations are proven later, internal sanctions will be imposed. “We just wait for the results,” Anang said. Amsal Sitepu Case The Medan District Court (PN) panel of judges acquitted the defendant Amsal Christy Sitepu in the verdict reading session held on Wednesday, 1 April 2025. The verdict in the case that has recently captured public attention was read by the chief judge M. Yusafrihardi Girsang. According to the judge, Amsal was not proven guilty legally and convincingly of committing the criminal act as charged by the JPU, both in the primary and subsidiary charges. In the verdict’s decision, the judge firmly acquitted the defendant of all charges. Additionally, the judge ordered the restoration of the defendant’s rights, including his honour and dignity. “Rules, states that the defendant Amsal was not proven guilty legally and convincingly of the act as per the primary and subsidiary charges of the public prosecutor,” the judge said while reading the verdict’s decision at the Medan District Court on Wednesday (1/4). The judge stated that there was no material in the defendant’s actions classified as an unlawful act. Previously, the prosecutor demanded Amsal receive a two-year prison sentence and a fine of Rp50 million, subsidiary three months’ imprisonment. Not only that, Amsal was also burdened with repaying state losses amounting to Rp202,161,980. If not paid, it would be replaced with one year in prison. In the prosecutor’s charges, Amsal, who served as Director of CV Promiseland, worked on a project to create village profile videos in Karo Regency. The programme was funded from village funds. A total of 20 villages spread across four sub-districts had their profile videos made, including Tiganderket Sub-district (Perbaji Village), Tiga Binanga Sub-district (Perbesi Village), Tigapanah Sub-district (Ajibuhara, Salit, Kutakepar, Seberaya, Mulawari, Tigapanah, Bertah, Manukmulia, Singa, Kutabale, Suka Pilihen Villages). Then Namanteran Sub-district (Sukatepu, Kuta Tonggal, Sukandebi, Kebayaken, Kutambelin, Kuta Gugung, Sigarang Garang Villages). However, the prosecutor assessed that the proposal submitted by Amsal to the village heads was not properly compiled and tended to be marked up. Additionally, the implementation of the work was deemed not in accordance with the Bill of Quantities (RAB). Each video project was set at a cost of Rp30 million per village. According to the prosecutor, from ideation to editing and dubbing of the village profile video production incurred no costs.