Rightly escorted out of the courtroom, supporters: Free … Free …, Tom Lembong

FAJAR.CO.ID, JAKARTA – Sentenced to 4 years and six months, Okeh Hakim at the Central Jakarta Corruption Court, Tom Lembong, gave a self -defense.

Tom said, the prosecutor in the case accused himself of breaking the rules by appointing cooperatives, not BUMN.

“Besides there are no rules that prohibit me to point the cooperative, I will never stop supporting and defending cooperatives and MSMEs (medium, small and micro businesses),” Tom said on X @tomlembong quoted on Friday (7/18/2025) night.

To note, the Tom Lembong social media account, including his personal X is temporarily managed by his team through his attorney.

Previously, former Minister of Trade, Thomas Trikasih Lembong, or who is familiarly called Tom Lembong, was finally sentenced in a case of alleged corruption in sugar imports.

The decision was read directly by the Panel of Judges of the Central Jakarta Corruption Court (Corruption Court), which stated that Tom was considered legally and convincingly guilty of committing a criminal act of corruption.

On that basis, the man who had served in the era of President Jokowi was sentenced to prison for 4 years and 6 months and was fined Rp. 750 million, with the provision of a substitute for 6 months if it was not paid.

“Improved the defendant against the defendant, therefore with a prison sentence of 4 years and 6 months and a fine of Rp750 million in 6 months imprisonment,” said Chairman of the Panel of Judges Dennie Arsan Fatrika, while reading the verdict in the Corruption Court Room, Friday (7/18/2025) night.