Jakarta –
The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) executed Benny Tjokrosaputro and Heru Hidayat to serve life sentences in the Jiwasraya case. Benny Tjokro and Heru was sent to Cipinang Prison.
“With the issuance of the Supreme Court’s decision, in this case the six defendants have permanent legal force and today the Head of the Central Jakarta District Attorney has appointed an executor prosecutor to carry out the execution of the said Supreme Court decision,” said the Head of the Center for Legal Information (Kapuspenkum) at the Attorney General’s Office. , Leonard Eben Ezer Simanjuntak, in a virtual press conference, Wednesday (24/8/2021).
“Heru Hidayat was sentenced to life imprisonment at the Cipinang Prison. The convict Benny Tjokro has carried out the execution at the Cipinang Prison,” he added.
Benny Tjokro and Heru were also sentenced to additional punishment in the form of replacement money, namely Rp. 16.8 trillion. Benny and Heru had to pay a replacement amount of Rp 6 trillion and Rp 10.7 trillion, respectively.
Not only that, the prosecutor also executed other convicts, namely Hary Prasetyo and Hendrisman Rahim. Both were executed to the Salemba Rutan to serve 20 years in prison.
“Hary Prasetyo was also executed at the Salemba Rutan, the convict Hendrisman Rahim was executed this afternoon from the KPK Rutan to the Salemba Rutan,” he said.
Meanwhile, two other convicts, namely Syahmirwan and Joko Hartono Tirto, were executed at the Cipinang detention center. Syahmirwan will serve a sentence of 18 years and Joko for 20 years.
“Syahmirwan and Joko Hartono Tirto were executed today at Rutan Cipinang,” he said.
Leonard emphasized that the execution would not be postponed even though the convict requested a judicial review (PK). He said this was in accordance with Article 66 paragraph 2 of Law Number 14 of 1985 concerning the Supreme Court as amended by Law Number 5 of 2004.
“Therefore, if the extraordinary legal action in the form of a lawsuit that may later be filed by the convicts or their legal counsel, do not suspend the execution carried out by the executing prosecutor as in Article 66 paragraph 2 of Law Number 14 of 1985 on the MA as amended by Law- Law Number 5 of 2004 where the PK’s application does not suspend or stop the execution of the criminal verdict, “he said.
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