Gazalba Claims To Buy Luxury Cars On Behalf Of Brothers For Gifts

The trial of examining witnesses in the alleged corruption case related to the handling of the Supreme Court (MA) case at the Jakarta Corruption Court (Tipikor), Monday (12/8/2024). ANTARA/Agatha Olivia Victoria

JAKARTA - Inactive Supreme Court Justice Gazalba Saleh claimed to have bought a luxury car in the form of a Toyota New Alphard 2.5 G A / T worth Rp1.08 billion on behalf of Edy Ilham Sholeh, Gazalba's older brother, as a gift for his brother.

The statement answered the testimony of the State Administrators Wealth Report (LHKPN) at the LHKPN Directorate of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Deny Setianto who revealed that the purchase of Alphard's luxury car by Gazalba was not included in the LHKPN.

"Therefore, if at the 2020 LHKPN there is an expenditure of Rp2.02 billion, it is related to the purchase of Alphard for gifts from my brother and precious metals," Gazalba said during a witness examination hearing at the Jakarta Corruption Court (Tipikor) reported by ANTARA, Monday, August 12.

Because it was a gift for his brother, Gazalba admitted that he did not include the luxury car in his moving assets at his LHKPN. In the report, Gazalba's moving assets were only a Toyota Avanza car worth Rp120 million.

Regarding the absence of reports of assets in the form of houses in Citra Grand Cibubur, Bekasi, West Java, he explained that the house was purchased in 2022 when it stumbled upon a corruption case.

"Because of a problem, so I didn't have time to report again. My last LHKPN report is in 2021," he said.

Gazalba stumbled upon a case of alleged corruption in the handling of the case at the Supreme Court (MA). In that case, Gazalba was charged with accepting gratuities and committing a crime of money laundering (TPPU) with a total value of Rp62.89 billion.

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 in the period 2020 2022.

Gratification given to Gazalba is related to the case of the cassation of the Logam Jaya Logistics Business Owner (UD) Jawahirul Fuad who experienced legal problems related to the management of B3 waste without a permit in 2017.

The gratuity money was allegedly received by Gazalba together with lawyer Ahmad Riyadh as a liaison between Jawahirul Fuad and Gazalba in 2022 after the pronouncement of the verdict of the case.

Gazalba received Rp200 million and Riyadh received Rp450 million so that the total gratuity was Rp650 million.

Furthermore, the money from the gratuity along with money from other receipts received by Gazalba were used as funds to conduct money laundering offenses, among others, together with the defendant's older brother, Edy Ilham Sholeh, to buy a unit of Toyota New Alphard 2.5 G A / T vehicle worth IDR 1.08 billion in March 2020.

In addition, Gazalba was also charged with disguising house purchase transactions at Citra Grand Cibubur worth IDR 7.71 billion in December 2021 by only reporting purchases of IDR 3.53 billion and breaking payments.