Supreme Court Justice Gazalba Saleh Has Opportunity To Be Detained By The KPK Again

Head of KPK News Section Ali Fikri (Photo: Wardhany T/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has revealed the opportunity to return to detain inactive Supreme Court Justice Gazalba Saleh. This possibility is open even though he has just left the Jaya Guntur Pomdam Detention Center after being acquitted of the Bandung Corruption Court. Initially, the Head of the KPK News Section, Ali Fikri, said that Gazalba was currently being investigated in the alleged receipt of gratuities and money laundering. He has even been announced as a suspect. "KPK has announced that the suspect is a suspect in the alleged receipt of gratuities and money laundering (TPPU)," Ali told reporters at the KPK's Red and White House, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Wednesday, August 2. In the future, the KPK ensures that the detention of Gazalba will be carried out to account for its actions. However, Ali has not specified when the summons will lead to the detention. "The period of case detention when it is sufficient (evidence, ed), never existed, right, it was the KPK suspect who was not detained," he said. Furthermore, Ali said that Gazalba is still a defendant even though he has been released from detention. This is because the KPK is still filing an appeal against the verdict handed down. "So two, parallel, later the cassation will be submitted and we will also finish filing the gratuities and ML," he said. As previously reported, Gazalba was acquitted in the trial of alleged bribery in handling the case at the Supreme Court (MA). The KPK is considered insufficient evidence. This decision was then fought by the anti-corruption commission. The KPK Public Prosecutor (JPU) rejected the decision and filed an appeal to the Supreme Court. In this case, Gazalba was sentenced to 11 years in prison by the Public Prosecutor (JPU). He is suspected of having received a bribe of 20 thousand Singapore dollars for case management at the Supreme Court. Public Prosecutor Wawan Yunarwanto said the charges were given based on the conclusions of the facts of the trial, ranging from witness statements, evidence of clues, to evidence presented. "So that the panel of judges decide, declare the defendant Gazalba Saleh proven legally and convincingly guilty. Sentencing him a sentence of 11 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 1 billion, subsidiary to 6 months in prison," said Wawan at the Bandung Corruption Court, Thursday, July 13. The prosecutor explained that Gazalba was suspected of accepting bribes to grant the petitioner's request, Heryanto Tanaka, to grant the cassation case related to the Intidana Savings and Loans Cooperative (KSP) case.

According to the prosecutor, the bribes prepared by Heryanto Tanaka to take care of the case reached 110 thousand Singapore dollars. Then the money was channeled by a chain, ranging from lawyers, ASN in the MA environment, to Prasetio Nugroho as the substitute clerk or assistant representing Gazalba Saleh.