KY Sends Investigation Team After Jakarta Corruption Court Judge Frees Gazalba Saleh

Jakarta Judicial Commission Building (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Judicial Commission (KY) will send an investigation team against the decision of the Jakarta Corruption Court Panel of Judges which acquitted Supreme Court Justice Gazalba Saleh of the money laundering charges. The search was carried out to find out whether or not there was an ethical violation.

KY Spokesperson Mukti Fajar Nur Dewata initially said that his institution did not have the authority to enter the judge's area of consideration because it had entered the judiciary's technical realm. However, they can analyze the verdict after it has permanent legal force.

"Although KY cannot judge a decision, the decision can be an entry point for KY to investigate violations of the Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct of Judges (KEPPH) through tracing various information and information that leads to allegations of ethical violations and behavior of judges in this case by deploying an investigative team," Mukti said in a written statement, Tuesday, May 28.

"This is what KY will do," he continued.

Mukti said this team moved as a form of KY initiative. The public is asked to continue to monitor the process. "KY pays attention to the decision of the panel of judges who granted the exception of the inactive Supreme Court judge GS," he said.

As previously reported, the Jakarta Corruption Court ordered the KPK to release Supreme Court Justice Gazalba Saleh in a trial held today, Monday, May 27. This order came after the exception submitted was granted.

"To try, one, grant a note of objection from the legal advisory team of the defendant Gazalba Saleh," said Panel of Judges Fahzal Hendri.

This exception was granted because the judge assessed that the prosecutor at the KPK had not received an appointment from the Attorney General. Thus, the indictment submitted cannot be accepted.

This decision then caused a strong reaction from the Deputy Chairperson of the KPK Alexander Marwata. He even asked the Supreme Court Supervisory Body (Bawas MA) and the Judicial Commission (KY) to examine the panel of judges at the Central Jakarta Corruption Court who tried the case.

The judges handling the case were Fahzal Hendri, Rianto Adam Pontoh, and judge Ad Hoc Sukartono.