The First Trial Of Joko Tjandra's Red Notice Bribery Case Will Be Held On November 2

The suspect in the bribery case of Joko Tjandra (special doc)

JAKARTA - The Central Jakarta District Court (PN Jakpus) will soon hold an inaugural hearing regarding the case of eliminating Djoko Tjandra's red notice. The trial will be held at the Corruption Crime Court (Tipikor), Monday 2 November.

The trial will try five defendants, namely Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte and Brigadier General Prasetijo Utomo, who are suspected of receiving bribes, and Joko Soegiarto Tjandra alias Djoko Tjandra and Tommy Sumardi as givers of bribes.

"The first session is planned for November 2, 2020, it can be said," said Head of Public Relations at the Central Jakarta District Court, Bambang Nurcahyono, in his statement on Saturday, October 24.

Bambang said that the documents of the charges against the four people were received by the Corruption Court on Friday, October 23, 2020 yesterday. Furthermore, the composition of the panel of judges to handle this case was immediately determined, namely Muhammad Damis as chairman of the panel of judges assisted by panel members Saefuddin Zuhri and Joko Subagyo.

In addition, said Bambang, the Central Jakarta District Court has received bribery case files relating to the processing of a fatwa from the Supreme Court (MA) with the suspect Andi Irfan Jaya. Andi Irfan followed Pinangki Sirna Malasari, who previously sat in the prison seat in the case.

The Andi Irfan Jaya case file was also received on the same day as the Djoko Tjandra case file, namely on 23 October.

"For the defendant Andi Irfan Jaya, led by Mr. IG Eko Purwanto as chairman of the panel of judges, Sunarso, member of judge 1 or career judge, and Moch Agus Salim, a ddhoc judge. With the public prosecutor Rachdityo Pandu," he said.

Bribery Removal of Red Notice

In the case of the alleged removal of red notice bribery, investigators have named four people as suspects. They act as recipients and givers.

Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte and Brigadier General Prasetyo Utomo were named as suspects because they were suspected of being the recipients of bribes for the removal of red notice.

Both of them were charged with Article 5 Paragraph 2, Article 11 and Article 12 letters a and b of Law Number 20 of 2020 concerning Corruption (Tipikor) in conjunction with Article 55 of the Criminal Code.

Meanwhile, Tommy Sumardi and Djoko Tjandra were named as suspects on suspicion of giving bribes. Both of them were charged under Article 5 Paragraph 1, Article 13 of Law 20/2020 concerning Corruption Crime (Tipikor) in conjunction with Article 55 of the Criminal Code.

In the bribery case, investigators confiscated US $ 20 thousand, cellphones, including CCTV as evidence.