Prosecutor, defendants file appeals against Inalum graft verdicts
The Medan Corruption Court's verdicts sentenced the defendants to jail terms lighter than those demanded by prosecutors, with the defendants saying the verdicts were not fair.
Prosecutors and defendants have both filed appeals against the verdicts handed down by the Medan Corruption Court in a corruption case involving the state-owned aluminum producer PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Inalum). The court sentenced four defendants to lighter jail terms than the prosecutors had demanded. Three Inalum executives, Dante Sinaga, Oggy Achmad Kosasih, and Joko Susilo, received seven-year prison sentences and a fine of Rp 500 million each.
The fourth defendant received a five-year prison term and a similar fine. The defendants claimed the verdicts were unfair. Rizaldi, head of the North Sumatra High Prosecutor’s Office information section, stated that the appeal applies to all cases because all the defendants also appealed. If the defendants cannot pay the fines, they will serve an additional 140 days in jail.
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