Ronald Tannur's Mother Claims Never Bribery Three Surabaya District Court Judges

DOK ANTARA

JAKARTA - Gregorius Ronald Tannur's mother, Merizka Widjaja, confirmed that she had never given bribes to three inactive judges at the Surabaya District Court so that her son was acquitted in a murder case.

This statement was conveyed by Meirizka when presented at the trial of the alleged bribery case of Gregorius Ronald Tannur's acquittal with the defendants three inactive judges at the Surabaya District Court, Erintuah Damanik, Mangapul and Heru Hanindyo.

Initially, Heru Hanindyo's legal team, Farih Romdoni, questioned Ronald Tannur's mother about the fee given to Lisa Rachmat as a lawyer.

"The witness explained at the first meeting at Mrs. Lisa's office that the fee was Rp. 1.5 billion?" asked Farih Romdoni during a trial at the Corruption Court, Jakarta, Tuesday, February 18.

"Yes," replied Meirizka.

Meirizka explained that Lisa never said the requested fee money was needed to take care of Ronald Tannur's case. This is because the money given is intended to pay for the operations of employees at the law office used to defend the child.

Farih romdoni then asked Meirizka about the difference in recognition between what was explained and what was stated in the Investigation Report (BAP).

"The question at the BAP was explained in the chats of Mrs. Lisa that she said 'I didn't take this fee all for operations'. Well, one side of the mother explained that she asked for a fee, "said Farih.

"Well, which one is true? Because this is a conflict between Mrs. Lisa's chat that I didn't ask for a stinging fee or the result of the mother's meeting?" he continued

"Mrs. Lisa, she is really for her personally, she didn't ask for a fee because she already considered Ronald her son. So she still asked for the money (only) for her subordinates or her team who worked," said Meirizka explaining.

Meirizka said the fee for Lisa was paid in stages. As far as I remember there were four payments.

"The three times before the verdict, the one after the verdict," said Ronald Tannur's mother.

"Have you ever given Rp2 billion in cash to Mr. Heru?" asked Farih.

Answering that question, Meirizka emphasized that he had never given money directly to the judges of the Surabaya District Court. Including to judge Heru Hanindyo.

"Never," replied Ronald Tannur's mother.

"Or (over) Mrs. Lisa?" said Farih.

"Never," replied Merizka

"In the chats or during the mother's meeting, have you mentioned Heru's name ?," said the legal adviser.

"No," replied Ronald Tannur's mother.

For information, three non-active judges at the Surabaya District Court were charged with accepting bribes in the form of gifts or promises of Rp4.67 billion and gratuities in cases of alleged bribery and gratuities for granting acquittal to the convicted murder of Ronald Tannur in 2024.

In addition to bribes, the three are also suspected of receiving gratuities in the form of rupiah and various foreign currencies, namely Singapore dollars, Malaysian ringgit, Japanese yen, euro, and Saudi riyals.

The defendant was charged with Article 12 letter c or Article 6 Paragraph (2) or Article 5 Paragraph (2) and Article 12 B in conjunction with Article 18 of Law (UU) Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 in conjunction with Article 55 Paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code.

The bribes allegedly received by the three judges included Rp1 billion and 308 thousand Singapore dollars or Rp3.67 billion (exchange rate of Rp11,900).