AGO Will Summon 3 Supreme Court Justices Cassation Ronald Tannur

Director of Investigation at the Attorney General's Office of Jampidsus Abdul Qohar (central) gave a presentation to the media crew at a press conference at the Attorney General's Office Building, Jakarta, Friday (25/10/2024). (ANTARA/Nadia Putri Rahmani)

The Attorney General's Office (AGO) revealed that the former Kabadiklat Kumdil of the Supreme Court (MA) Zarof Ricar, who is a suspect in the alleged bribery conspiracy, had not yet handed over bribes to Supreme Court Justices who handled Ronald Tannur's appeal.

Director of Investigation at Jampidsus Attorney General's Office Abdul Qohar explained that at first, suspect LR as lawyer Ronald Tannur asked ZR for ZR's help to smooth out his client's cassation decision to be free from punishment.

LR then gave Rp5 billion to ZR, which was based on the records concerned, aimed at three Supreme Court Justices with the initials S, A, and S. ZR was promised a salary of Rp1 billion.

From the results of a search at ZR's house in the Senayan area, South Jakarta, it was found that the money had not been given to the three Supreme Court justices.

"It turns out, the money is still in the envelope. It's still at ZR's house. There is an evil conspiracy here to bribe the judge so that the case is free, but the money hasn't been there yet," he said, Friday, October 25.

As for ZR's confession, he continued, the suspect revealed that he had communicated with the judges. In addition, he also admitted that the money was only given by LR in October.

Regarding these statements, said Qohar, investigators will further investigate them.

The AGO emphasized that it is possible that investigators will examine the three Supreme Court justices.

"Everything involved will definitely be called to find a bright spot," he said.

It is known that ZR and LR were named suspects in the alleged bribery or gratuity conspiracy case in the cassation-level decision against Gregorius Ronald Tannur, a defendant in the murder case of Dini Sera Afriyanti.

ZR's malicious consensus was to commit bribery together with LR to smooth out the cassation decision at the Supreme Court level.

Suspect ZR is charged with Article 5 Paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 15 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2021 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption.

ZR is also suspected of Article 12B in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2021 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption.

The suspect LR is charged with Article 5 Paragraph 1 jo. Article 15 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2021 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption.

For the purposes of the investigation, ZR was detained at the AGO Detention Center for the next 20 days, while LR was not detained because he had already been detained based on the alleged bribery case at three judges at the Surabaya District Court who acquitted Ronald Tannur.

The Supreme Court has handled the cassation against Ronald Tannur and granted the public prosecutor's appeal by imposing Ronald a five-year prison sentence.