KPK Confiscates 205 Thousand Singapore Dollars And IDR 50 Million From OTT Case Management In MA

KPK chairman Firli Bahuri showed evidence of bribery in case management at the Supreme Court. In this case, Supreme Court Judge Sudrajad Dimyati was named a suspect/PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) confiscated money from a hand arrest operation (OTT) handling cases at the Supreme Court (MA). The amount of money seized was 205,000 Singapore dollars and 50 million rupiah.

"The amount of money that was secured was 205,000 Singapore dollars and 50 million rupiah," said KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri at a press conference at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Friday, September 23.

The money was obtained from silent operations. Firli said that the initial delivery of the money was in Bekasi, West Java, on Wednesday, September 21 afternoon.

The money was initially handed over by a lawyer named Eko Suparno to a civil servant at the Supreme Court's Registrar's Office, Desy Yustria, who represented Supreme Court Justice Sudrajad Dimyati. It is suspected that the money is related to the management of the case.

"After some time, Thursday around 01.00 WIB, the KPK team then moved and secured DY at her house along with 205,000 Singapore dollars in cash," he said.

Meanwhile, IDR 50 million, said Firli, was handed over to the KPK by a civil servant of the Supreme Court named Albasri.

As for this case, the KPK has named ten people as suspects. Among them, Supreme Court Justice Sudrajad Dimyati and Judicial Judge/Substitute Registrar of Supreme Court Elly Tri Pangestuti.

While the other eight people are four civil servants in the Supreme Court, namely Desy Yustria, Muhajir Habibie, Rendi, and Albasri; two lawyers named Albasri and Eko Suparno.

Next, the debtors of the Intidana Savings and Loans Cooperative named Heryanto Tanaka and Ivan Dwi Kusuma Sujanto were also named as suspects.

Firli said that there were six suspects who had just been arrested, while Sudrajad had not yet been arrested. The KPK asked four people who had not been detained to surrender.

"KPK urges SD, RD, IDKS, and HT to cooperate in attending according to the summons schedule which will soon be sent by the investigative team," said Firli.

As a result of their actions, Supreme Court Justice Sudrajad Dimyati and other recipients namely DS, ETP, MH, RD and AB were suspected of violating Article 12 letter c or Article 12 letter a or b in conjunction with Article 11 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as has been amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph 1 to 1 of the Criminal Code.

Meanwhile, as the provider, HT, YP, ES and IDKS are suspected of violating Article 5 paragraph (1) letter a or b or Article 13 or Article 6 letter c of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) to 1 of the Criminal Code.