Attorney Pinangki Denies Laundering Billions Of Money, Claiming Assets From The Inheritance Of A Former Husband

JAKARTA - Attorney Pinangki Sirna Malasari has denied the crime of laundering billions of rupiah from the proceeds of Joko Tjandra's money. Pinangki is said to have inherited property.

Pinangki's lawyer team member, Jefri Moses, said that the purchase of a BMW X5 car and apartment rental payments used the inherited money from an ex-husband who died in 2014.

"The deceased (Pinangki's ex-husband) realized that he would not be able to accompany his wife (Pinangki) who was 41 years apart, so he also prepared a lot of savings," said Jefri reading an objection note (exception) in the continued trial of the Pinangki prosecutor at the Corruption Crime Court. at the Central Jakarta District Court, Wednesday, September 30.

The lawyer also explained Pinangki's background. Pinangki was married to a prosecutor named Djoko Budiharjo in 2006. During the marriage, Pinangki's husband had served as Head of the High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) in several areas.

"During his life, he served as Kajati Riau, Kajati Southeast Sulawesi, Kajati West Java, finally as Sesjamwas, then after retiring, he practiced as an advocate," said Jefri.

At that time, Pinangki's ex-husband was collecting money in foreign currency. This money, called the lawyer, is used by Pinangki to buy luxury cars and pay rent for apartments.

"When the deceased was an advocate, the defendant knew that the late husband kept money in foreign currency banknotes, which according to the deceased was for the survival of his wife," said Jefri.

Attorney Pinangki was charged with money laundering from Djoko Tjandra amounting to USD 444,990 or the equivalent of IDR 6,219,380,900. This money is used for several things.

One of them is that Pinangki is said to have used 68,900 US dollars and 38,400 US dollars or the equivalent of Rp1.5 billion to rent units at The Pakubuwono Signature Apartments and Darmawangsa Essence Apartments.

For his actions, Pinangki was charged with Article 3 of Law Number 8 Year 2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering.

Attorney Pinangki was also charged with accepting US $ 500 thousand as a down payment for the Supreme Court's fatwa so that Djoko Tjandra could be free from imprisonment in the case of transfer of Bank Bali collection rights.

Another indictment, prosecutor Pinangki was charged with conspiring with Andi Irfan Jaya and Joko Tjandra for giving money to officials of the Attorney General's Office and the Supreme Court. The amount promised in this evil conspiracy was 10 million US dollars