Ronald Tannur Free In Early Murder Case, AGO Judge's Value Doesn't Consider Prosecutor's Dalil

The Attorney General's Office Building (AGO). (AGO.id)

The Attorney General's Office (AGO) assessed that the panel of judges at the Surabaya District Court (PN) who acquitted the defendant in the murder case, Gregorius Ronald Tannur, did not fully consider the arguments submitted by the public prosecutor (JPU).

"We see that the judge in this case does not apply the law properly or the arguments submitted by the public prosecutor are not fully considered by the panel so that the judge releases the defendant in this case," said Head of the AGO's Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum), Harli Siregar at the Jakarta AGO Building, Thursday, July 25, confiscated by Antara.

In the indictment submitted by the Public Prosecutor, Ronald was charged with molestation which resulted in the death of the victim Dini Sera Afrianti (29) (who is her lover).

The defendant is said to have abused the victim by hitting, kicking, and hitting an alcoholic drink bottle. When he was lying down, the defendant had time to record the victim with a laugh.

Regarding Ronald's acquittal, he said that the prosecutor's office firmly filed an appeal.

"We see that there is a court decision that is not in accordance with the demands and is not in accordance with the facts, so the first legal steps are to file a legal action, namely cassation," he said.

Meanwhile, the Surabaya District Attorney's Office (Kejari) stated that it filed an appeal related to the verdict of innocence by the Surabaya District Court judges who released Ronald Tannur.

In the appeal of this case to the Supreme Court, the Surabaya Prosecutor's team hopes that the Supreme Court will consider the evidence from the post-mortem et repertum related to the former severe abuse on the victim's body.

Previously, on Wednesday, July 24, the panel of judges at the Surabaya District Court acquitted the defendant Gregorius Ronald Tannur, the son of an inactive DPR member Edward Tannur, from the indictment related to the murder of the victim of Sera Afriyanti.

Chief Judge Erintuah Damanik stated that the defendant was not legally and convincingly proven to have committed murder or mistreatment that resulted in the death of the victim.

"The defendant was not legally and convincingly proven as in the first indictment of Article 338 of the Criminal Code or the second Article 351 paragraph (3) of the Criminal Code or the third Article 359 of the Criminal Code and 351 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code," he said.

The judge also considered that the defendant was still trying to help the victim at a critical time as evidenced by the defendant's efforts to take the victim to the hospital for help.

"Freeing the defendant from all charges by the public prosecutor above," he said.