AGO Explores Zarof Ricar's Relationship With Three Judges Ronald Tannur

JAKARTA The Junior Attorney General's Investigator for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) of the Attorney General's Office is investigating the relationship between the suspect Zarof Ricar and three suspects, a judge at the Surabaya District Court, namely ED (Erituah Damanik), HH (Heru Hanindyo), and M (Mangapul), in the case of Ronald Tannur's release.

"Since this morning, it is true that investigators at the Jampidsus ranks have carried out further investigations of three judges who are already suspects and also ZR (ZarofRicar) who are also suspects," said Head of the Attorney General's Office for Legal Information, Harli Siregar, as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, November 6.

He explained that the four people were examined as witnesses to explore their relationship in the alleged bribery case that ensnared Ronald Tannur's mother, Meirizka Widjaja (MW).

Meirizka, Ronald Tannur's mother asked the suspect LR, who is a lawyer, to become legal counsel for his son during the trial. In the process, LR told Meirizka that there were costs and steps that needed to be taken to smooth the release of acquittal.

In carrying out the plan, LR asked Zarof Ricar as a former Supreme Court official to be introduced to an official at the Surabaya District Court who could choose the panel of judges to hear the Ronald Tannur case.

Based on this information, said Harli, today's investigation was focused on deepening Zarof Ricar's relationship as an alleged LR intermediary with three judges from the Surabaya District Court who sentenced Ronald Tannur to acquittal.

"Investigators are investigating whether these three judges have known ZR or have been related to the handling of cases since the Surabaya District Court? If that's the case, of course, who will introduce them, who will connect ZR with these three judges," explained Harli.

Harli also emphasized that investigators are continuing to explore the possibility of other parties related to Zarof Ricar in the alleged case management.

Previously, during a search of ZarofRicar's house in the Senayan area, Jakarta, investigators found cash from various currencies totaling more than Rp920 billion.

According to ZarofRicar's confession, most of the money was obtained when he became a case broker at the Supreme Court from 2012 to 2022.

In order to investigate the origin of the source of all the money, said Harli, investigators need information from ZarofRicar. The disclosure of the involvement of other parties in this case is very dependent on Zarof's openness.

"In his confession it was stated that the evidence of money and gold was the result of case management. However, when investigating which case? That's what ZR still forgot, I don't know. This is what we hope that ZR is truly cooperative and opens the widest possible involvement of other parties," he said.

Previously, on Tuesday (5/11), Zarof Ricar had also been questioned by AGO investigators, but the substance was not disclosed in the examination.