TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Former Constitutional Court judge Patrialis Akbar is charged with accepting a bribe of 70,000 USD and Rp4.043 million IDR from meat importer Basuki Hariman. Patrialis is also charged with accepting the promise of another bribe worth Rp2 billion.
"It's worth to suspect that the reward and the promise were given and made to affect the outcome of the case trials (Patrialis) led," KPK prosecutor Lie Putra Setiawan read the indictment on Tuesday, June 13, at the Jakarta Corruption Court.
Prosecutors said the Patrialis was bribed to grant a judicial review over Law no.41/2014 on Livestock Breeding and Health. The bribes were given to Patrialis several times through his associate Kamaludin and Basuki's staff Ng Fenny.
Lie said Basuki and Ng Fenny will benefit if the judicial review was granted. Law no.41/2014 assigns Bulog to import and manage beef and buffalo meat from India, which increases the domestic supply and lowers market prices. This will automatically lower the demand for beef imported from Australia, New Zealand, and the US, affecting Basuki's business.
In August 2016, Basuki asked Kamaludin to get him in touch with Patrialis so he can ask for the judicial review to be approved.
Patrialis and Kamaludin are charged with violating Article 12c and Article 11 of the Corruption Law.
Patrialis Akbar did not appeal, but he asked to deliver his response.
MAYA AYU PUSPITASARI
