Lawyer Ahmad Riyadh Withdraws BAP Regarding Giving 18 Thousand Singapore Dollars To Supreme Court Justice Gazalba Saleh

The trial of examining witnesses related to the alleged corruption case handling the Supreme Court case at the Jakarta Corruption Court (Tipikor), Thursday (18/7/2024). (ANTARA/Agatha Olivia Victoria)

JAKARTA - The witness in the alleged corruption case related to the handling of the case at the Supreme Court (MA), Ahmad Riyadh, withdrew his statement in the investigation report (BAP) regarding the provision of money worth 18 thousand Singapore dollars or equivalent to Rp. 216.98 million to the inactive Supreme Court Justice Gazalba Saleh.

Riyadh, who is the lawyer for the owner of the Logam Jaya Trade Business (UD), Jawahirul Fuad, revealed that the withdrawal of the file was carried out because his mental condition was unstable when examined by investigators who suddenly came to his office at that time.

"At that time, I frankly blanked, I forgot a lot too," said Riyadh during a witness examination hearing at the Jakarta Corruption Court (Tipikor) reported by ANTARA, Thursday, July 18.

With the revocation of the BAP, he emphasized that Gazalba had never received a penny from Jawahirul Fuad.

He said the money was part of paying for his services as a lawyer when handling the Javahirul Fuad case.

Riyadh explained that the service fee was given in the amount of Rp. 650 million from Javahirul Fuad, which included Rp. 500 million before the case was decided at the Supreme Court (MA) and Rp. 150 million after the case was decided. Furthermore, he changed the service money to Singapore dollars.

"But I don't hand over this money. Only for myself, there is nothing for Pak Gazalba," he said.

In this case, Gazalba was charged with receiving gratuities and committing money laundering (TPPU) with a total value of Rp62.89 billion related to the handling of cases in the Supreme Court.

The allegation of receipts includes gratuities worth Rp. 650 million and money laundering offenses consisting of 18,000 Singapore dollars (Rp. 216.98 million), Rp. 37 billion, 1.13 million Singapore dollars (Rp. 13.59 billion), 181,100 US dollars (Rp. 2 billion), and Rp. 9.43 billion for the period 2020-2022.

Gratification given to Gazalba is related to the handling of the Javahirul Fuad cassation case which experienced legal problems related to the management of B3 waste without a permit in 2017.

Gazalba received the gratuity money together with Riyadh as the link between Jawahirul Fuad and Gazalba in 2022 after

The pronunciation of the case decision, in which Gazalba received Rp200 million and Riyadh received Rp450 million, so that the total gratuity received by both amounted to Rp650 million.