Sri Purnomo Also Faces Demand to Pay Rp 10 Billion Replacement Money
In addition to a prison sentence, prosecutors have also demanded that the defendant in the alleged corruption case involving the Sleman Regency Tourism Grants Fund in 2020, Sri Purnomo, pay replacement money of Rp 10 billion. The replacement money amount is equivalent to the state losses in this case.
The demand was presented by prosecutors Kusuma Eka Mahendra Rahardjo and Rindi Atmoko alternately during a hearing with the agenda of reading the charges at the District Court (PN) Yogyakarta on 13 March. The hearing, originally scheduled for 09:00 WIB, was postponed to 13:00 WIB due to incomplete documentation.
In their charges, prosecutors demanded that Sri Purnomo pay replacement money of Rp 10,952,457,030. The amount of replacement money corresponds with the amount of state losses in this case.
“Determining the defendant to pay replacement money of Rp 10,952,457,030,” prosecutors stated at the hearing at PN Yogyakarta on Friday, 13 March 2026.
With the provision that if within one month from the court decision with binding legal force the defendant does not pay the replacement money, his assets may be seized by prosecutors and auctioned to cover the replacement money.
“In the event the defendant does not have sufficient assets to pay the replacement money, then he is sentenced to imprisonment for 4 years and 3 months,” prosecutors added.
Previously, prosecutors also demanded that Sri Purnomo be sentenced to 8 years and 6 months imprisonment and a fine of Rp 500 million, with a subsidiary of 3 months imprisonment.
Prosecutors believe Sri Purnomo has been legally and convincingly proven to have committed corruption as charged in the first alternative charge, namely Articles 3 and 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption, as amended and supplemented by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption, in conjunction with Article 55 Paragraph (1) Letter 1 of the Criminal Code.
“Imposing a sentence on the defendant with imprisonment for 8 years and 6 months and a fine of Rp 500 million; if the fine is not paid, it will be replaced with 3 months imprisonment,” prosecutors explained.
After the hearing, Sri Purnomo’s legal counsel, Soepriyadi, stated that the prosecution’s demand for Sri Purnomo to pay replacement money seemed improper. According to him, a replacement money sentence is imposed if the defendant used state funds for personal interests.
“This is also a prosecutorial error in making charges. A subsidiary replacement of state losses is imposed if it was enjoyed by Mr Sri Purnomo. I state once more, I have stated this several times, not a single rupiah was enjoyed by Mr Sri Purnomo from the grant funds,” said Soepriyadi.
“Replacement money, ask any criminal law expert, they will certainly be in agreement with me. Replacement money is imposed if there is personal benefit enjoyed by Mr Sri Purnomo or the defendant. There is none whatsoever, so how is replacement money demanded? Where did they study law,” he continued.
For this reason, according to Soepriyadi, his team will clearly prepare a defence memorandum to refute the prosecution’s charges.
“On 27 March we will make our closing statement. Of course we will refute everything presented by prosecutors, whatever it may be. We remain convinced to this moment that Mr Sri Purnomo is not guilty,” he concluded.