Free Sentence Bribery Ronald Tannur, 3 Judges Received Rp1.6 Billion, Handed Over At The Airport To The Judge's Room

Illustration of the panel of judges. (ANTARA-Dhimas B.P.)

The Attorney General's Office (AGO) said three judges at the Surabaya District Court received a bribe of 140 thousand Singapore dollars regarding Gregorius Ronald Tannur's acquittal.

The bribe was handed over by Lisa Rachmat as Gregorius Ronald Tannur's lawyer in the face of the murder case of Dini Sera Afrianti.

"It is suspected that he received a bribe of 140,000 Singapore dollars from Lisa Rachmat," said Head of the AGO, Harli Siregar in his statement, Tuesday, December 17.

If it is converted to rupiah, then, bribes for the three judges are Heru Hanindyo (HH), Erintuah Damanik (ED), and Mangapul (M) around 1,674,717,800 or Rp1.6 billion.

The bribe was handed over by Lisa Rachmat in stages. From the results of the examination, the money was handed over three times in different locations.

"The bribes were distributed through several stages, including envelopes containing money at Ahmad Yani Airport, Semarang and distribution of money in the judge's room," said Harli.

"The funds were used to influence the acquittal against the defendant," he continued.

Regarding the progress of handling the case of the three judges of the Surabaya District Court, the AGO has delegated or registered a trial at the Corruption Court (Tipikor) at the Central Jakarta District Court.

With the case registered, the Central Jakarta District Court will determine the time of the first trial.

"The Public Prosecutor will then wait for the schedule for the trial to be determined by the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court against the three defendants," said Harli.

The three judges are suspected of violating Article 12 letter c in conjunction with Article 18 of Law of the Republic of Indonesia number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended and supplemented by Law of the Republic of Indonesia number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law of the Republic of Indonesia No. 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code.