Corruption at Dept. of Justice and Human Rights

First Pre-Trial Hearing for Atmasasmita

VIVAnews - The first pre-trial hearing for suspect of corruption case of the Legal Entities Administration System (Sisminbakum), Romli Atmasasmita, is held today, Monday 15 December. Atmasasmita’s legal team feels that if their claim is granted, it would benefit a lot of people.

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“This is for a greater good. There is something more fundamental that is being fought for. It’s a concern that there would be members of the public that could be arrested without basis and without fulfilling the complete requirements,” said one of Atmasasmita’s legal representatives, Bambang Widjojanto to VIVAnews, Monday, Dec. 15.

The legal team views Atmasasmita’s arrest as being without enough preliminary evidence. Furthermore, the evidence that has been brought forth by the prosecutors were only presented during the third examination, and by then the suspect was already in custody.

“So what is at issue is that don’t let people be arrested without basis, without being accompanied by basic prerequisites required to arrest (someone). Therefore we question the accountability of use of authority by law enforcers,” said Widjojanto.

The first pre-trial hearing of Atmasasmita was scheduled to be held at the South Jakarta District Court at 9.00am. However, Atmasasmita’s legal team has asked for a postponement until 1.00pm. The reason, said Widjojanto, is because there is another item on the agenda at the same time.

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The corruption case involves the access fees to the online Legal Entities Administration System at www.sisminbakum.com.The system is a project under the Department of Justice and Human Rights, concerning the application of the internet to establish and modify legal entities. The system is used for legalizing company deeds, approving modified statutes of limited liability companies, and fulfilling other requests that are within the ambits of the General Directorate of Common Law Administration's Decree.

The Attorney General's Office found out that not all the access fees went into the state treasury, instead it went into the account of PT Sarana at Danamon Bank’s Sudirman branch.

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Atmasasmita is former general director of the Common Law Administration (AHU) Department. He, along with two other high officials of the Department of Justice and Human Rights, Zulkarnain Yunus and Syamsudin Manan Sinaga, and President Director of the private partner, PT Sarana Rekatama Dinamika, Yohanes Waworuntu, have been named suspects in the corruption that has been calculated to have cost the state Rp 400 billion (US$36.3 million). In late November Rp. 2.4 billion (approx. US$218,000) was seized from Sinaga's office in relation to this case.

Atmasasmita is filing a claim against the State, in this case the Attorney General because he felt that his arrest was based on insufficient evidence and lack of factual reasons.

Translated by: Ramona Sofianne Dewi

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