Attacking Each Other Prosecutor Pinangki And Anita Kolopaking About Money From Joko Tjandra

Joko Tjandra during the administrative execution process at the National Police Criminal Investigation Unit (Wardhany Tsa Tsia / VOI)

JAKARTA - The defendant in a case of alleged gratification in the processing of a fatwa at the Supreme Court (MA), prosecutor Pinangki Sirna Malasari and witness Anita Kolopaking attacked each other in court over 50 thousand United States (US) dollars, which was said to have come from Joko Tjandra.

Their attacks started when Anita Kolopaking explained the origin of the money. According to him, the money was a legal fee payment from Joko Tjandra which was entrusted to Andi Irfan Jaya.

In the agreement between Anita and Joko Tjandra, the legal fee is 200 thousand US dollars, but only half of it has been paid as a down payment.

However, on the grounds of not knowing Andi Irfan Jaya well, Anita asked Pinangki for help to collect it. Even Anita urged him to keep asking for the money.

"Because I was close to the defendant so I continued to ask Pinangki. (Exemplifying) 'Miss, please Andi Irfan Jaya, you have not given your word, you entrusted it to Andi Irfan Jaya" said Anita in a trial at the Corruption Court, Central Jakarta, Wednesday, November 25. .

However, until late at night the money never reached Anita. Pinangki dodged that the money was never given by Joko Tjandra to Andi Irfan Jaya.

So, Anita asked Pinangki to pay the legal fee first with her personal money.

"Yes, you can or not lend me first when Andi Irfan Jaya gives (money) it can be cut. Then at 9 (evening) Pinangki told me that Ms. Anita came here just take (money)," said Anita.

Anita also visited the Darmawangsa Essence Apartment, which is Pinangki's residence on November 26, 2019. The two met in the apartment lobby and Pinangki gave the money.

However, Pinangki made a different statement when responding to Anita Kolopaking's testimony. In front of the panel of judges, Pinangki said that he had never received legal fee payments from Joko Tjandra and gave it to Anita.

Pinangki argued, if the money given was not a legal fee payment. Instead, the payment for the purchase of a diamond ring is valued at IDR 1.5 billion

"The 50 thousand (US dollar) issue may be that Anita's mother forgot, because we had several transactions regarding the sale and purchase of diamonds," he said.

In addition, Pinangki also denied Anita's statement regarding the transfer of money which took place on November 26. According to him, on that date he was not at Darmawangsa Essence Apartment.

Pinangki said, at that time, he was at his residence in Sentul, West Java to accompany his parents who were undergoing medical treatment.

"On November 26, I was not at Darmawangsa Essence because it was my father's schedule of 3 treatments. So I was not at Essence," he said.

Even at the previous trial, Pinangki also denied giving money related to the payment of legal fees from Joko Tjandra to Anita Kolopaking. The reason is that after returning from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in mid-November, he never once met Anita.

"Since I met Mrs. Anita, I never gave even 1 cent to Mrs. Anita, I never gave 50,000 US dollars to Mrs. Anita at the apartment because after returning from Kuala Lumpur, I stayed overnight in Sentul, at my father's house who was sick. so I never met Mrs. Anita and I don't know who Mrs. Anita met, "said Pinangki.

In this case, prosecutor Pinangki was charged with three counts, namely the first charge of receiving a bribe of US $ 500,000 (around Rp7.4 billion) from the convicted Bank Bali cessie case Djoko Soegiarto Tjandra.

Second, the money laundering charges originating from the receipt of bribes amounting to 444,900 dollars or around Rp6,219,380,900.00 as money given by Djoko Tjandra for the processing of a fatwa to the Supreme Court.

Third, Pinangki was charged with committing an evil conspiracy with Andi Irfan Jaya and Djoko Tjandra to bribe officials at the AGO and MA worth 10 million US dollars.