Corruptio
Vol 4 No 1 (2023)

Free Verdict Against Executors of Illegal Fees as Corruption Crimes

Agnesia Mutiara Sani (Badan Pemeriksa Keuangan Republik Indonesia)
Maya Shafira (Universitas Lampung)
Ahmad Irzal Fardiansyah (Universitas Lampung)



Article Info

Publish Date
06 Apr 2023

Abstract

Illegal levies are the designation of all forms of levies that are unofficial, which have no legal basis, so the act of levies is referred to as illegal levies. One of the criminal acts of corruption that occurs in people's lives is illegal fees. An example of a criminal case of illegal fees is the case in Decision Number: 46/Pid.Sus-TPK/2018/PN.Tjk in that case the defendant  was acquitted. Judging from the judge's decision that acquitted the defendant, the authors conducted research on the identification of illegal fees as a criminal act of corruption and what was the basis for the considerations of the Panel of Judges in passing an acquittal in cases of criminal acts of corruption based on Decision Number: 46/Pid.Sus-TPK/2018/ PN. Tjk. The problem with this research is the identification of extortion as a criminal act of corruption. and what are the basic considerations of the Panel of Judges in passing an acquittal in a corruption case based on Decision Number: 46/ Pid.Sus -TPK/2018/PN. Tjk The research method used is normative juridical research method, sources of primary and secondary legal materials. From this study it can be concluded that illegal fees can be categorized as a criminal act of corruption, this action is regulated in Article 12 letter e of Law Number 31 of 1999 which has been amended and added to Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Eradication of Corruption Crimes. That the basis for the judge's considerations in deciding that the corruption case was free of Decision Number: 46/Pid.Sus-TPK/2018/PN.Tjk Defendant did not meet the elements of "benefiting oneself or others" and the element of "receiving gifts or promises" as charged in the Alternative indictment by the Public Prosecutor, so that the defendant is not legally and convincingly proven guilty of committing a criminal act of corruption.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

corruptio

Publisher

Subject

Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice

Description

The Journal Corruptio is an international journal of anti-corruption published by the Law Faculty of Universitas Lampung as a platform for academicians, researchers, and practitioners to publish their authentic articles or reviews regarding communication and development of the criminal law, legal ...