Allegations Of Gratification And Money Laundering Of Supreme Court Justice Gazalba Saleh Will Soon Be Tried

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JAKARTA - Supreme Court Justice Gazalba Saleh will soon be brought to court. The trial related to allegations of gratification and money laundering (TPPU) will be carried out after the Public Prosecutor (JPU) at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has transferred the file to the Jakarta Corruption Court. "Today, KPK prosecutor Arif Rahman Irsady has finished handing over the case file and indictment from the defendant Gazalba Saleh on charges of gratification and money laundering offenses to the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court (PN)," said Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri to reporters at the KPK's Red and White House, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Wednesday, April 24. Ali said the total money laundering carried out by Gazalba reached Rp20 billion. The details will be opened in court. Currently, Gazalba's detention is under the authority of the corruption court. The public is asked to monitor the trial for reading the indictment to determine the actions of the Supreme Court judge. "The scope of the contents of the indictment will be opened during the inaugural trial of reading the indictment," said Ali. Previously reported, the KPK again named Gazalba as a suspect in connection with the alleged receipt of gratuities and money laundering. This is the second time he has an orange dream after being acquitted in a pretrial at the South Jakarta District Court (PN). In this case, Gazalba is suspected of receiving gifts since 2018 and is related to the management of several cases within the Supreme Court (MA). Among other things, the cassation submitted by the former Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries Edhy Prabowo. Then there was also the cassation of the Commissioner of PT Sekawan Intipratama, Rennier Abdul Rachman Latief; and a review (PK) of the former Samarinda City DPRD Member Jafar Abdul Gaffar regarding the extortion case at Samarinda Port. The money received by Gazalba from the case management called the KPK reached Rp15 billion.

Furthermore, Gazalba used his acceptance to buy assets of economic value so that he was charged with money laundering. One of the purchases made by Gazalba was a house worth IDR 7.6 billion in cash in the Cibubur area, East Jakarta.