Thursday, The Day After Tomorrow, Gazalba Saleh Will Be Examined As A Defendant In The Gratification-TPPU Case

The inactive Supreme Court Justice Gazalba Saleh during the trial (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The inactive Supreme Court Justice Gazalba Saleh will be questioned as a defendant in a case of alleged gratification and money laundering (TPPU) on Thursday, August 22.

The defendant's examination was carried out after all witnesses in the case had their statements heard before the trial.

"Okay, on Thursday Pak Gazalba Saleh. On Thursday you will be examined, give a statement," said Chief Judge Fahzal Hendri during a trial at the Jakarta Corruption Court, quoted on Tuesday, August 20.

Therefore, Gazalba was asked to maintain his health. This is because his statement in the trial will be one of the considerations for deciding cases of alleged gratification and money laundering offenses.

"Our trial is postponed on Thursday, August 22nd. It could be morning, Mr. Public Prosecutor," said Fahzal.

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.