Founder and former president director of philanthropic organization Aksi Cepat Tanggap (ACT) Ahyudin has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison for embezzling compensation meant for Lion Air crash victims\u2019 kin.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
While announcing their verdict at South Jakarta District Court on Tuesday, a panel of judges headed by Hariyadi found Ahyudin guilty of embezzling social funds disbursed by the Boeing Community Investment Fund (BCIF) as compensation for relatives of 189 victims of a Lion Air 610 crash in October 2018.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The verdict was consistent with the prosecutors’ indictment that Ahyudin had violated Article 374 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 55, Paragraph (1), Section 1 of the Criminal Code. However, the sentence awarded by the judges was lighter than the one demanded by the prosecutors.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The judges\u2019 panel observed that the defendant’s action caused public outrage and losses, particularly for the next-of-kin of the Lion Air crash victim and other recipients entitled to receive the money, and this was an aggravating factor in considering the sentence.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
However, the judges also took into account that the defendant was straightforward, admitted his mistake, has a family, and has never received a prison sentence.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Responding to the sentence, Ahyudin and his legal representative sought seven days to consider whether to appeal the verdict.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Last December, the prosecutors demanded that Ahyudin and other co-defendants\u2014Ibnu Khajar, ACT president director in 2019\u20132022, and Hariyana Hermain, ACT vice president for operations\u2014be sentenced to four years in prison.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The prosecutors found all of them guilty of embezzling the compensation disbursed by BCIF for the relatives of the Lion Air 610 crash victims.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
They further discovered that out of the Rp138,546,388,500 (US$8.86 million) in compensation received by ACT from BCIF, the philanthropic organization only distributed Rp20,563,857,503 (US$1.31 million) to the victims’ relatives and other beneficiaries.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The remaining Rp117 billion (US$7.55 million) was used by the defendants in ways that were not authorized under the agreement with Boeing, they added.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Source: Antara News<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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