Unable To Accept, Judge PN Semarang Reported To MA And KY, Jubir: We Wait
JAKARTA - A judge at the Semarang District Court with the initials ARP was reported to the Supreme Court and judicial commission in connection with alleged manipulation and smuggling laws.
"The reported judge is known to examine the case of the pretrial lawsuit of Money Laundering Crime (TPPU) with the suspect with the initials BK, who is also at once as an applicant, while the case registered with the number 3 /Pid.Pra/2021/PN Smg was declared by the panel of judges unacceptable," said Yosep Parera as the legal representative of the applicant in Semarang, reported antara, Tuesday, May 11.
He revealed that the basis of this report is related to the considerations used by the panel of judges in deciding the case.
Based on a copy of the verdict received, he continued, the judge's consideration said if the applicant did not involve investigators who had established a suspect.
In addition, the determination of suspects is the actions of law enforcement officials and not the actions of public government officials.
According to Yosep, in the lawsuit filed by his party, as the defendant is an institution and in this case the Ministry of Finance.
"The basis of our other reporting is civil servants from the Directorate General of Customs Jateng-DIY presented in the session without accompanied by an official power of attorney. In addition to reporting to MA and KY, we also filed a Review (PK)," he said.
Semarang District Court spokesman Eko Budi Supriyanto when confirmed separately said it would wait for the process related to the reporting of one of the judges PN Semarang because each ruling in a case is the authority and prerogative of the judge who handles.
"Every verdict of the case will not be able to satisfy all parties so if anyone objected, please if you want to report. We are just waiting for the ma leadership to recommend what," he said.
He also said a judge is not allowed to respond to a ruling that is already underway, as is the code of conduct of the profession of judges.
As reported, the suspect TPPU with the initials BK filed a pretrial lawsuit to PN Semarang because the legal authority assessed, the determination of the suspect is not valid, as well as the blocking or confiscation of deposits belonging to the suspect.
The information obtained, BK has actually served a sentence of approximately one year in Rutan Demak along with a fine of Rp320 million subsider two months of confinement related to violations of cigarette excise with state losses of Rp141 million and the case has been declared a permanent legal force.
Nevertheless, the Directorate General of Customs re-established him as a suspect TPPU.
Meanwhile, still related to this case, a number of accounts belonging to the brother of the suspect BK, namely Siti Bariyah with a total balance of approximately Rp3.5 billion were also blocked on the grounds that there are suspected TPPU practices and the case is still taking place in the Semarang District Court, namely in the mediation process.
Siti Bariyah through her attorney Yosep Parera also filed a lawsuit to the Semarang District Court with a separate case file and the defendants are the Ministry of Finance, Director General of Customs Of Central Java Regional Office, as well as Bank Indonesia and Bank Rakyat Indonesia.