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Prosecutors seek 8 years for former N. Sumatra governor

Apriadi Gunawan (The Jakarta Post)
Medan, North Sumatra
Thu, November 10, 2016

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Prosecutors seek 8 years for former N. Sumatra governor Disgraced — Former North Sumatra governor Gatot Pujo Nugroho attends a hearing in a corruption case at the Medan Corruption Court in Medan, North Sumatra, on Oct. 17. (Antara Photo/Septianda Perdana)

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rosecutors have asked the Medan Corruption Court to sentence former North Sumatra governor Gatot Pujo Nugroho to eight years in prison for the alleged misappropriation of more than Rp 4 billion (US$301,148) of social assistance funds (Bansos).

The panel of judges, led by presiding judge Djaniko Girsang, was also asked to order Gatot to return Rp 2.8 billion of state losses or face an additional four months in prison.

Prosecutor Viktor said Gatot had committed corruption by issuing several gubernatorial regulations, one of which involved the budgeting process for grants and Bansos funds via provincial working units.

Viktor said Gatot had invited his subordinates to attend a meeting at his official residence in November 2012. The governor then ordered the officials to list several institutions as beneficiaries of Bansos funds in 2013.

The defendant, then the North Sumatra governor, did not reverify the data during the disbursement of the funds, and 17 institutions were later found to be ineligible beneficiaries, causing Rp 2.8 billion in losses.

Viktor also highlighted the involvement of Gatot in a criminal act committed by his subordinate, Eddi Sofyan, an official with the North Sumatra administration’s agency for political, property and citizenship affairs. Eddi has been sentenced to five years in prison for embezzling Rp 1.14 billion of Bansos funds.

Viktor said state losses caused by Gatot’s fund misappropriation amounted to Rp 4.03 billion. “[We ask] the panel of judges to sentence him to eight years in prison,” he said Thursday. (ebf)

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