Former Supreme Court Official Zarof Ricar Will Be Tried Next Week

The suspect in the alleged corruption case in the form of bribery in handling the Ronald Tannur case at the cassation level, Zarof Ricar (ZR) / DOK ANTARA

JAKARTA - Former Supreme Court (MA) official Zarof Ricar will soon be tried at the trial stage in connection with the alleged bribery and gratification case of Gregorius Ronald Tannur's acquittal.

The plan is that the inaugural trial will be held at the Jakarta Corruption Court (Tipikor), next week.

"On February 10 (first trial)," said Head of the South Jakarta District Attorney's Office, Haryoko Prabowo to VOI, Tuesday, February 4.

Zarof Ricar is known to have been named a suspect in the alleged corruption case in the form of bribery or gratification in handling the case for Ronald Tannur's case at the cassation level.

Director of Investigation at Jampidsus AGO Abdul Qohar explained that Zarof together with Lisa Rahmat (LR) as Ronald Tannur's lawyer.

"LR asked ZR to seek a Supreme Court judge to continue to declare Ronald Tannur innocent in his cassation decision," said the Director of Investigation at the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) at the Attorney General's Office, Abdul Qohar.

Lisa promised Rp5 billion for the three Supreme Court justices with the initials S, A, and S, while Zarof was promised a salary of Rp1 billion for his services.

However, Qohar said, Zarof had not given the money to the three judges.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court's audit team found the fact that Zarof Ricar had met with Supreme Court Justice Soesilo (S) as chairman of the assembly who handled the cassation case.

According to the team of examiners, Zarof briefly met Soesilo at the inauguration of the honoris causa professor at Makassar State University on September 27, 2024, and had mentioned Ronald Tannur's cassation, but Soesilo did not respond to Zarof.