Depok PN Judge's Bribery Case, Director of PT Karabha Digdaya Called by the KPK Today

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) summoned three witnesses to investigate alleged bribes and gratuities related to land dispute management at the Depok District Court (PN) today, April 1. One of them is Yuli Priyanto as Director of PT Karabha Digdaya.

Meanwhile, PT Karabha Digdaya is a business entity under the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu).

"The examination was carried out at the KPK's Merah Putih building," KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo told reporters, April 1.

In addition to Yuli, the KPK also scheduled an examination of Gunawan as Head of Business Development of PT Karabha Digdaya and Ferdinand Manua who is a Commissioner of PT Mitra Bangun Persada. However, Budi has not detailed the material that will be investigated from these three witnesses.

To investigate this case, the anti-corruption commission has investigated the legal assistance and consultation carried out by PT Karabhda Digdaya while the land dispute lawsuit was being processed at the Depok District Court (PN). The investigation was carried out by examining Timothy Ezra Simanjuntak as Managing Partner of S&P Law Office and Jokki Obi Mesa Situmeang who is a Senior Associate at S&P Law Office on Thursday, March 5.

As previously reported, the KPK announced five suspects of receiving bribes and gratuities related to land dispute management at the Depok District Court (PN) after carrying out a hand-in-hand operation (OTT) on Thursday evening, February 6. They are the Chairman of the Depok District Court (PN) I Wayan Eka Mariarta; Deputy Chairman of the Depok District Court (PN) Bambang Setyawan; Jurusita PN Depok Yohansyah Maruanaya; President Director of PT Karabha Digdaya, Trisnandi Yulrisman; and Head of Corporate Legal PT Karabha Digdaya, Berliana Tri Kusuma.

This case is said to have started in 2023, when the Depok PN granted a lawsuit by PT Karabha Digdaya, which is a business entity in the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) related to a land dispute of 6,500 meters in Tapos District, Depok, West Java.

PT Karaba Digdaya then allegedly gave Rp850 million which came from the disbursement of a check with a fictitious invoice payment underlying PT SKBB Consulting Solusindo (consultant to PT KD) to.

The donation was allegedly handed over to I Wayan Eka and Bambang Setiawan through Yohansyah as a jurusita.

As a result of their actions, the suspects are suspected of violating Article 605 letter a and/or Article 606 paragraph (1) of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code in conjunction with Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes.

In addition, Bambang is also suspected of violating Article 12 B of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes. Because, he is suspected of receiving a gratification of IDR 2.5 billion which originated from a deposit on a foreign exchange exchange on behalf of PT Daha Mulia Valasindo (DMV).