Jakarta –
Commissioner of PT Hanson International Tbk Benny Tjokrosaputro was sentenced to the death penalty. Benny Tjokro was found guilty of committing a criminal act of corruption in the PT ASABRI scandal which cost the state up to 22.7 trillion rupees.
“To demand that the jury examining and hearing this case be able to decide, stating that the defendant Benny Tjokrosaputro was legally and convincingly under the law guilty of committing a criminal act of bribery with joint weighting and the crime of money laundering “said the prosecutor while reading the allegations at the Jakarta Corruption Court, Jalan Bungur Besar, Central Jakarta, Wednesday (10/26/2022).
“Convict accused Benny Tjokro with the death penalty,” the prosecutor said.
Benny Tjokro is found by the prosecutor guilty of having violated article 2, paragraph 1, in conjunction with article 18 of law no. 31 of 1999 relating to the eradication of criminal acts of corruption, as amended by law no. 20 of 2001, concerning the amendments to law no. 31 of 1999 on the eradication of criminal acts of corruption in conjunction with article 55, paragraphs (1) of the 1st Criminal Code and article 3 of the law of the Republic of Indonesia n. 8 of 2010 on the prevention and eradication of the crime of money laundering.
Benny Tjokro was also charged with a replacement money of Rp 5,733,250,247,731 with the proviso that in the event that the defendant fails to pay the replacement money no later than 1 month after the inkrah’s decision, his property may be confiscated by the prosecutor and sold at auction to cover the replacement money.
Meanwhile, Benny Tjokro himself was sentenced to life in prison in the corruption case of PT Jiwasraya.
Also have a look at “The Benny Tjokro Prosecution Trial Regarding the ASABRI Corruption Case Is Postponed”:
(yld / knv)
