Prosecutor Ultimatum Former Chief Justice Of The Constitutional Court Jimly Asshiddiqie Attends The Grand Mosque Corruption Session

SOUTH SUMATERA - The founder of the Sriwijaya Mosque Waqf Foundation who is also the former Chairman of the Constitutional Court, Jimly Asshiddiqie, was asked to attend the trial of the alleged corruption case in the grant for the construction of the Great Mosque of Sriwijaya Palembang.

Three times Jimly Asshiddiqie has failed to comply with the summons alias absent when he was called to be a witness by the Public Prosecutor (JPU) of the South Sumatra High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati Sumsel). For this reason, the prosecutor asked Jimly Asshiddiqie to fulfill the summons and attend the trial.

"All witnesses who have not been present either virtual or in-person will be recalled. We will ask him to be present to testify what he knows, including witness Jimly", said Head of the Prosecution Section for the Special Crimes Division of the South Sumatra Prosecutor's Office, M Naimullah, in Palembang, as reported by Antara, Wednesday, October 6th.

According to him, Jimly is expected to be present as a witness against the four defendants (Eddy Hermanto, Syarifuddin, Yudi Arminto, and Dwi Kridayani in the trial at the Palembang District Court, at the hearing next week.

At the trial at the Palembang District Court, Tuesday, October 5, he was not present along with three other witnesses, namely Toni Aguswara, Marzan A Iskandar, and Syafri HM Dipi.

Witness Jimly did not attend without a statement, while the other two witnesses reasoned that they were sick, so they were not present at the trial.

"We continue to coordinate to present this witness, why is he not present in a week, there are four trial agendas for this case, it can also be virtual if conditions do not allow him to attend in person. We are sure the witness will cooperate", he also said.

Based on the facts of the trial, Jimly, who is considered a public figure in South Sumatra, has donated his land in the area of Jl Soekarno-Hatta, Sukarame District, Palembang to build the Sriwijaya Mosque and a governor's decree has been issued.

However, based on the consideration that the location was considered less strategic and far from being accessible to the public, then-Governor Alex Noerdin at that time moved the location of the mosque to the land of the South Sumatra Provincial Government in the Jakabaring area, Palembang, and issued a governor's decree regarding the land grant.

But investigators found that the nine hectares (ha) of land for the mosque was problematic, in which seven hectares of land in the area belonged to the community, then the South Sumatra Provincial Government only had two hectares of land.

Therefore, according to him, further information is needed from witnesses to clarify this matter.