Judge Rejects Prosecutor's Indictment In Gazalba Saleh's Money Laundering Case: Can't Receive Delegation Of Prosecution From AGO

JAKARTA - The inactive former Supreme Court Justice, Gazalba Saleh, has escaped the indictment of the Public Prosecutor (JPU) regarding cases of alleged gratification and money laundering or money laundering. This is because the panel of judges at the Corruption Court or Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court considered the indictment unacceptable.

"Declaring that the prosecution and indictment of the public prosecutor cannot be accepted," said Chief Judge Fahzal Hendri during a trial at the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court, Monday, May 27.

One of the reasons the indictment was not accepted was because the public prosecutor team at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) had not yet obtained an order to appoint an delegation of authority from the Attorney General's Office (AGO).

The letter is important in the process of tracing Gazalba Saleh, who is an inactive Supreme Court judge.

"However, the prosecutor who was assigned to the Corruption Eradication Commission, in this case the Director of Prosecution of the KPK, has never received an delegation of the prosecution authority from the Attorney General of the Republic of Indonesia as the highest public prosecutor in accordance with the single prosecution system principle," said Judge Fahzal.

Not only that, in the decision between the panel of judges, it was decided to accept a memorandum of objection or exception of Gazalba Saleh.

That way, the panel of judges ordered the prosecutor to release Gazalba from detention. However, the prosecutor could still appeal the decision.

"Ordered the defendant Gazalba Saleh to be released from custody as soon as this decision was pronounced," said Judge Fahzal.

The inactive Supreme Court Justice Gazalba Saleh was charged with receiving gratuities amounting to Rp650 million. The receipt of the money relates to the handling of the case at the Supreme Court (MA).

The hundreds of millions of money was given by Jawahirul Fuad, the owner of the UD Logam Jaya business. He experienced legal problems related to the management of B3 waste without a permit and was found guilty with a sentence of 1 year in prison.

"Doing or participating in the act, receiving gratuities, namely receiving Rp650 million in money," said the prosecutor during a trial at the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court, Monday, May 6.

In addition, Gazalba was also charged with receiving tens of billions of money during the period 2020 to 2022.