Urip was sentenced 20 Suap years of the Case Prison

Jakarta, Suara Indonesia News - the Public Prosecutor Urip Tri Gunawan was yesterday sentenced 20 prison years. The judge stated Urip was proven accepted the bribe and asked for money forcibly. Urip also dikenai the Rp fine 500 million or the replacement punishment for one prison year in the case of the Help bribe of the Liquidity of this Indonesian Bank. This verdict was more difficult five years than the demand of the public prosecutor the Pemberantasan Commission of Corruption. "There was no matter that alleviated the defendant," said the chairman of the judge's Firm Hariyanto council when reading out the decision in the Khusus Tindak Pidana Court of Corruption yesterday. The judge said had six matters that memberatkanterdakwa, including Urip considered to carry out law enforcement discrimination in the handling of the case of BLBI.Hakim Teguh said money that was accepted by Urip from the businessman Artalyta Suryani was proven regarding BDNI case investigation belonging to Sjamsul Nursalim. Although Urip stated the money the loan of workshop efforts with the land guarantee in Cikampek, the judge considered the reason could not be accounted for because of not having proof that was enough. The "letter of the debt agreement was not strengthened by other proof because only was based on the Artalyta acknowledgment and Urip," he said.

The judge also judged the defendant Urip, as the team's co-ordinator of the investigator's public prosecutor BLBI, not independent so as to influence results of investigation. Urip, for example, guided Artalyta so that Sjamsul Nursalim might not fill the investigator's call. Moreover, said the judge, from results of investigation, the BDNI owner was still owing of Rp 4.76 trillion. According to the judge, several members of the attorney general's office investigator it was suspected were involved in hiding the investigation fact because of not mentioning the figure wan-achievement that. According to the judge, former Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes Kemas Yahya Rahman, that represented the attorney general's office investigator, ought to make an announcement wanprestasi Sjamsul. "But they only announced the conclusion and the suggestion," said the member's judge, Andi Bachtiar.

The judge mentioned that Urip was also proven forced former Chairman Badan Penyehatan Perbankan Nasional Glenn Yusuf through his lawyer, Reno Iskandar-shah-gave money of Rp 1 billion. Urip did not comment many concerning this verdict. "I will determine the attitude in time that was determined," he said. Albab Setiawan, the lawyer Urip, said this verdict caused problems for his client. They will lodge the appeal against the verdict in the hope of having the lightness opportunity of the punishment. "Who knew the decision" of "this current judge was wrong," he said.

The attorney general's office said will follow up the decision of the matter judge of the existence of several members of the attorney general's office investigator who it was suspected took part in hiding the investigation fact. "Each report" on the "assumption was condemned against the public prosecutor will be followed up," said Deputy Attorney General Bidang Pengawasan Darmono in his office yesterday. (RED)