2 Times Of Submission Of Money, Zarof Ricar Received From Lawyer Ronald Tannur 250 Thousand SGD

JAKARTA - Former Supreme Court (MA) official Zarof Ricar is said to have received money from Lisa Rachmat who is Gregorius Ronald Tannur's attorney. The value reaches 250 thousand Singapore dollars (SGD) or equivalent to Rp3.1 billion.

The receipt of the money was conveyed by Stephanie Christel, who is the nephew of Lisa Rachmat as well as a witness from the public prosecutor (JPU) at the trial of the alleged bribery case of Gregorius Ronald Tannur's acquittal with the defendants three inactive judges at the Surabaya District Court, Erintuah Damanik, Mangapul and Heru Hanindy.

It started when the public prosecutor (JPU) asked whether or not he had delivered money for Zarof Ricar. The witness then agreed to the question.

"Have you ever been there ( Zarof Ricar's house)?" asked the prosecutor during a trial at the Jakarta Corruption Court, Tuesday, February 18.

"Ever," replied the witness.

Hearing this testimony, the prosecutor began to investigate by asking Stephanie to describe the process of handing over money to Zarof Ricar.

"Technically, I took it from the lobby because the money changer came to the apartment, so I just took it. Then I went to Pak Zarof," said the witness.

"How many times is that?" asked the prosecutor.

"Two," replied the witness.

Then, the prosecutor questioned the nominal amount of the money handed over. Then the witness said a total of 250 thousand SGD.

"That I remember being on the nominal list written 166,000 SGD but as far as I remember there were several USD sheets too but not many," said the witness.

"The second one?" said the prosecutor.

"Secondly, a total of 250, which means 84 thousand SGD," said the witness.

For information, three non-active judges at the Surabaya District Court were charged with accepting bribes in the form of gifts or promises of Rp4.67 billion and gratuities in cases of alleged bribery and gratuities for granting acquittal to the convicted murder of Ronald Tannur in 2024.

In addition to bribes, the three are also suspected of receiving gratuities in the form of rupiah and various foreign currencies, namely Singapore dollars, Malaysian ringgit, Japanese yen, euro, and Saudi riyals.

Thus, the actions of the defendants are regulated and subject to criminal penalties in Article 12 letter c or Article 6 Paragraph (2) or Article 5 Paragraph (2) and Article 12 B in conjunction with Article 18 of Law (UU) Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 jo. Article 55 Paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code.

In detail, the bribes allegedly received by the three judges included Rp1 billion and 308 thousand Singapore dollars or Rp3.67 billion (exchange rate of Rp11,900).