AGO Sets Andi Irfan Jaya As Suspect

JAKARTA - The Attorney General's Office has officially named the South Sulawesi Nasdem Party (Sulsel) administrator Andi Irfan Jaya as a suspect in the alleged case of accepting gratification in the administration of Djoko Tjandra's free fatwa at the Supreme Court (MA).

"In the development of further investigations, today an examination of one of the witnesses on behalf of Andi Irfan was carried out. From the results of the investigators' examination, today the investigators have named another suspect with the initials AI," said Kapuspenkum Kejagung, Hari Setiyono in Jakarta, Wednesday. , September 2.

Hari said that the suspect was determined after his party conducted an examination of Andi Irfan. From there, his party found sufficient preliminary evidence to establish Andi Irfan as a suspect.

"AI is suspected of committing a criminal act of corruption in accordance with Article 15 of the Corruption Criminal Act," he said.

As for Andi Irfan Jaya, in this case, it is suspected that the intermediary who received the bribe from prosecutor Pinangki Sirna Malasari from Djoko Tjandra. The bribe was related to arranging a fatwa so that Djoko Tjandra would not be executed by the Supreme Court in the Bank Bali cessie case.

Djoko Tjandra, through his lawyer Susilo Ariwibowo, said that his client gave Andi Irfan Jaya 500 thousand US dollars. This money is for obtaining a free fatwa. Djoko brushed aside giving money directly to Pinangki.

In this case, the Attorney General's Office (AGO) has named two suspects, namely Djoko Tjandra and Attorney Pinangki Sirna Malasari.

Djoko Tjandra was named a suspect in giving bribes to Prosecutor Pinangki Sirna Malasari. Djoko was charged with article 5 paragraph 1 letter a of Law 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption, as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001.

Or the second suspicion, article 5 paragraph 1 letter b of the Law on the eradication of criminal acts of corruption or the third is Article 13 of the Corruption Eradication Law.

Meanwhile, Attorney Pinangki Sirna Malasari was appointed as the recipient of the bribe. He was charged with Article 5 letter b of the Corruption Crime Law.