Former Jakut District Court Registrar Charged With Accepting Bribes Of IDR 2.4 Billion Related To CPO Export Cases

JAKARTA - Former North Jakarta District Court Civil Youth Registrar Wahyu Gunawan was charged with receiving Rp2.4 billion in connection with the alleged bribery case against a corruption case in the provision of crude palm oil (CPO) export facilities in 2023-2025.

The public prosecutor (JPU) from the Attorney General's Office (AGO) Syamsul Bahri Siregar said that Wahyu received bribes as an intermediary linking the defendants in the CPO case with the judges who tried the case.

"Has received or participated in receiving gifts or promises in the form of cash in the form of US dollars, which is contrary to their obligations," said the prosecutor at the trial reading the indictment at the Jakarta Corruption Court, Wednesday, August 20, as reported by ANTARA.

The prosecutor said that the bribes were allegedly received together with the former Deputy Chairman of the Central Jakarta District Court Muhammad Arif Nuryanta and the three judges who heard the case, namely Djuyamto, Ali Muhtarom, and Agam Syarief Baharudin, with a total of 2.5 million United States (US) dollars or equivalent to Rp40 billion.

In detail, the bribes received by Wahyu, Arif, and the other three judges were received twice. The first receipt was in the form of cash of 500 thousand US dollars or Rp. 8 billion, which Arif received Rp. 3.3 billion; Wahyu Rp. 800 million; Djuyamto Rp. 1.7 billion; and Agam and Ali each Rp. 1.1 billion.

Then the second receipt was in the form of cash USD 2 million or IDR 32 billion, which was divided into Arif amounting to IDR 12.4 billion; Wahyu IDR 1.6 billion; Djuyamto IDR 7.8 billion; and Agam and Ali IDR 5.1 billion each.

The money was received from Ariyanto, Marcella Santoso, Junaedi Saibih, and Syafei, as advocates or parties representing the interests of corporate defendants in the CPO case, namely Wilmar Group, Permata Hijau Group, and Musim Mas Group.

For his actions, Wahyu was charged with violating Article 12 letter a or Article 12 letter b or Article 6 paragraph (2) or Article 5 paragraph (2) or Article 11 or Article 12Bjuncto 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) 1st of the Criminal Code.

Meanwhile, Arif also listened to the reading of the indictment in the same trial as Wahyu in turn. Meanwhile, the three judges who decided the CPO case will undergo their first trial on Thursday (21/8).

Arif was charged with accepting bribes worth Rp. 15.7 billion, so that he was threatened with crime as regulated in Article 12 letter c or Article 6 paragraph (2) or Article 12 letter a or Article 12 letter b or Article 5 paragraph (2) or Article 11 or Article 12 B jo. Article 18 of the Anti-Corruption Law jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) 1 of the Criminal Code.