The Attorney General's Office Collaborates With PPATK To Search For Assets Of IDR 920 Billion Zarof Ricar

The suspect in the alleged conspiracy case by becoming a broker for the cassation decision of Ronald Tannur, Zarof Ricar (ZR) at the AGO Building (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has stated that it is collaborating with PPATK to investigate the asset transactions belonging to Zarof Ricar (ZR), a suspect in the alleged conspiracy to bribe Ronald Tannur's cassation.

"We have asked the PPATK regarding the transactions in question, but it can't be given immediately. We have to wait. We have asked," said the Director of Investigation of the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) at the AGO Abdul Qohar in Jakarta, Monday night.

In addition to cooperating with PPATK, he continued, the AGO also asked for help from several banks so that they could find out the deposits of the suspects involved in this case.

"We, who are under the Head of Sub-Directorate for Tracing Assets in Jampidsus, have traced their assets. We are doing everything optimally," he said.

It is known, during a search conducted at Zarof Ricar's private residence in the Senayan area, Jakarta, investigators found cash from various types of currencies worth Rp920 billion.

Regarding the progress of deepening the origin of the billions of money, Qohar stated that currently investigators are still asking Zarof Ricar about this.

"This Rp920 billion money is asked by investigators and (is still running) until now because the money is a lot. It's still not finished. Be patient. People's names have been too long, too many, so we need to remember again," he said.

It is known that Zarof Ricar (ZR), who is the former Head of Balitbang Diklat Kumdil of the Supreme Court, was named a suspect by the Attorney General's Office investigators on Friday (25/10) on suspicion of conspiracy by brokering for the cassation decision of Ronald Tannur, a defendant in the murder case of Dini Sera Afriyanti.

Dirdik Abdul Qohar explained that Zarof and LR, Ronald Tannur's lawyer, suspected of conspiracy in the form of bribery or gratification.

"LR asked ZR that ZR should seek Supreme Court justices to continue to declare Ronald Tannur innocent in his cassation decision," said Qohar.

LR promised Rp5 billion for three Supreme Court justices with the initials S, A, and S, while Zarof was promised a salary of Rp1 billion for his services.

However, Qohar said, Zarof had not given the money to the three judges.

"ZR according to his statement did meet a judge, but what is certain is that this has nothing to do with the decision. Whether it really meets or not, we are investigating this," he said.

In addition, during a search of Zarof's house in the Senayan area, Jakarta, investigators found cash from various currencies totaling Rp920 billion and 51 kilograms of Antam gold metal.

Qohar said that Zarof got most of the money when he became a case broker at the Supreme Court from 2012 to 2022.

As for now, Zarof is being held at the AGO Detention Center since October 25, 2024.