ELECTRICITY THEFT IS A CRIME OF CORRUPTION

The director of a factory cooperating with a former State Electricity Company (“PLN”) employee broke the seal, opened the kWh meter box door, lowered the kWh meter number, and then closed it and resealed it with a fake seal. By changing the kWh number, the payment to PLN is small even though the electricity usage is high. Consequently, PLN, as a state-owned company, suffered huge losses. This act is not only a crime of stealing electricity (Article 362 of the Criminal Code) but also a crime of corruption regulated in Article 1 (1) to 1 Sub “a” jo. 34 (c) Law no. 3/1971 on Corruption.

→ Supreme Court Decision No. 570 K/Pid/1993, dated 14 September 1993.

Best regards,

Fredrik J. Pinakunary