Corruption Eradication Message

KOMPAS/RADITYA HELABUMI

Chairman of the Panel of Judges Rosmina (center), reads out the verdict for the defendant Benny Tjokrosaputro, the President Director of PT Hanson Internasional in the PT Jiwasraya (Persero) insurance case at the Corruption Crime Court (Tipikor) Jakarta, on Monday (26/10/2020).

Six defendants in the corruption case involving PT Asuransi Jiwasraya have been sentenced to life imprisonment. They have also been fined Rp 16.8 trillion.

As previously reported, the panel of judges at the Jakarta Corruption Court on Monday (26/10/2020) found Benny Tjokrosaputro, president director of PT Hanson International, and Heru Hidayat, the president commissioner of PT Trada Alam Minera, guilty of corruption and money-laundering in a corruption case pertaining to Jiwasraya. Benny and Heru received life sentences, as initially demanded by prosecutors. They were also ordered by the judges to pay Rp 16.8 trillion in restitution, the largest fine that has ever been handed down in a corruption case (Kompas, 27/10/2020).