The Attorney General's Office Finds Evidence That Attorney Pinangki's Little Brother Receives Bribes

Illustrated (Irfan Meidianto / VOI)

JAKARTA - Pungki Primarini, the younger brother of prosecutor Pinangki Sirna Malasari, is suspected of accepting bribes for the processing of a Supreme Court (MA) fatwa against Djoko Tjandra. The allegation is based on tracing the flow of funds flowing from Pinangki.

"Investigators are tracing where the money went, apparently it is suspected that it was also given to his younger brother," said Head of the Legal Information Center of the Attorney General's Office, Hari Setiyono to reporters, Thursday, September 10.

However, Hari did not want to mention the amount of money received by Pungki and the allocation of the money. The reason was, it had already entered the realm of investigation.

"Why was it given to his younger brother? Well, that has entered the realm of investigators," he said.

However, Hari said, investigators had already investigated Pungki's use of the money. However, this will be revealed in the trial process.

"So that later there will be a legal construction that states what the money laundering is used for, which can later be described in court," he said.

Attorney General's Director of Investigation for Special Crimes, Febrie Ardiansyah, said Pungki Primarni had been questioned several times by the Attorney General's Office. The examination was related to tracing the flow of bribery funds in the processing of fatwas at the Supreme Court (MA).

"Maybe there was a flow of money to his younger brother's account. But the amount has not been confirmed yet," he said.

The investigation was also to investigate the alleged use of accounts and the purchase of a number of assets in the name of prosecutor Pinangki. In this case, Attorney Pinangki was also named a suspect in the crime of money laundering (TPPU).

"There is a possibility (to borrow an account). I do not know for sure, yes. Investigators are still examining his younger brother but it is not yet complete," said Febrie.

The AGO named Pinangki as a suspect on suspicion of receiving gratuities worth 500 thousand US dollars or the equivalent of Rp7 billion from Djoko Tjandra for processing the fatwa. He was charged with Article 5 letter b of the Corruption Crime Law.

In the TPPU case, Pinangki was suspected of disguising and spending money allegedly from corruption. The attorney's car Pinangki BMW SUV X5 has been confiscated by the AGO.