Former Head Of South Jakarta District Court Charged With Accepting Bribes Of IDR 15.7 Billion Related To CPO Corruption Release Decision

Chairman of the South Jakarta District Court (PN) for the period 2024-2025 Muhammad Arif Nuryanta in the trial of reading the indictment at the Jakarta Corruption Court, Wednesday (20/8/2025). ANTARA/Agatha Olivia Victoria.

Former Chairman of the South Jakarta District Court (PN) Muhammad Arif Nuryanta was charged with accepting bribes worth Rp. 15.7 billion in connection with the alleged bribery case against a corruption case in the provision of crude palm oil (CPO) export facilities in 2023-2025.

The public prosecutor (JPU) from the Attorney General's Office (AGO) Syamsul Bahri Siregar charged Arif with accepting bribes, who at that time served as Deputy Chair of the Central Jakarta District Court, from Ariyanto, Marcella Santoso, Junaedi Saibih, and Syafei as advocates or parties representing the interests of corporate defendants in the CPO case, namely Wilmar Group, Permata Hijau Group, and Musim Mas Group.

"Even though it is known or should be suspected that the gift or promise was given to influence the decision of the case submitted to him for trial," said the prosecutor at the trial reading the indictment at the Jakarta Corruption Court, Wednesday, August 20, as reported by ANTARA.

The prosecutor explained that the bribe was allegedly received together with the North Jakarta Civil Youth Registrar Wahyu Gunawan, along with the three judges who heard the case, namely Djuyamto, Ali Muhtarom, and Agam Syarief Baharudin, with a total of 2.5 million United States (US) dollars or equivalent to Rp40 billion.

In detail, the bribes received by Arif, Wahyu, and the other three judges were received twice. The first receipt was in the form of cash of 500 thousand US dollars or Rp. 8 billion, which Arif received Rp. 3.3 billion; Wahyu Rp. 800 million; Djuyamto Rp. 1.7 billion; and Agam and Ali each Rp. 1.1 billion.

Then the second receipt was in the form of cash USD 2 million or IDR 32 billion, which was divided into Arif amounting to IDR 12.4 billion; Wahyu IDR 1.6 billion; Djuyamto IDR 7.8 billion; and Agam and Ali IDR 5.1 billion each.

For his actions, Arif was charged with violating Article 12 letter c or Article 6 paragraph (2) or Article 12 letter a or Article 12 letter b or Article 5 paragraph (2) or Article 11 or Article 12 Bjuncto Article 18 of Law (UU) Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code.

Wahyu also listened to the reading of the indictment in the same trial as Arif. Meanwhile, the three judges who decided the CPO case will undergo their first trial on Thursday (21/8).

In that case, Wahyu was charged with accepting bribes worth a total of Rp. 2.4 billion, thus violating Article 12 letter a or Article 12 letter b or Article 5 paragraph (2) or Article 11 or Article 12 letter B jo. Article 18 of the Anti-Corruption Law jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) 1 of the Criminal Code.