Ronald Tannur's Mother, Merizka Widjaja, Was Transferred From Surabaya To Jakarta

The suspect Meirizka Widjaja (MW), Ronald Tannur's mother (second from the left), was at the Class I Rutan in Surabaya Branch of the East Java High Prosecutor's Office. (ANTARA/HO-Indonesian Attorney General's Office)

SURABAYA - The Attorney General's Office (AGO) will transfer the detention of Ronald Tannur's mother, Merizka Widjaja (MW) from Surabaya, East Java to Jakarta.

"On Thursday the suspect MW will be transferred to Jakarta," said Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) at the AGO Harli Siregar to reporters in Jakarta, Antara, Wednesday, November 13.

Meirizka has been detained at the Class I Rutan in Surabaya, the East Java High Prosecutor's Office since being named a suspect in the alleged bribery case for his son, Ronald Tannur, on November 4, 2024.

Then, starting Thursday, November 14, 2024, Meirizka will be detained in Jakarta. However, Harli did not reveal the location of Merizka's detention and only said that the transfer was to facilitate the inspection.

"For the effectiveness of the investigation," he said.

It is known that Ronald Tannur's mother, Merizka Widjaja (MW), was named a suspect in the alleged bribery or gratification case in the acquittal for the severe abuse case against Dini Sera Afrianti who ensnared her son, Ronald Tannur.

Director of Investigation at Jampidsus AGO Abdul Qohar said the suspect Meirizka asked the suspect Lisa Rahmat (LR) to become a legal advisor for her son.

He said that Meirizka had known Lisa for a long time because of their child in the same school. Then, Meirizka met Lisa twice to discuss her son's case.

"LR conveyed to the suspect MW that there are things that need to be financed in the management of the Ronald case and the steps taken," he said.

Furthermore, Lisa asked Zarof Ricar (ZR) to be introduced to an official at the Surabaya District Court (PN) to choose the panel of judges who will hear Ronald Tannur's case.

Then, Lisa also agreed with the suspect Meirizka that Ronald's case management costs came from Merizka and if there was a fee spent by Lisa first in case management, then Meirizka would replace it in the future.

"In the request of each fund, LR always asks for the approval of the suspects MW and LR to convince MW to prepare a sum of money to manage Ronald Tannur's case so that Ronald Tannur's case is released by the panel of judges," he said.

During the process at the Surabaya District Court, said Qohar, Merizka had handed over the money to Lisa in the amount of Rp. 1.5 billion which was given in stages.

In addition, Lisa also bailed out some of the court fees up to the Surabaya District Court's decision of Rp. 2 billion, bringing the total to Rp. 3.5 billion.

"Regarding the Rp3.5 billion, according to LR's statement, it was given to the panel of judges handling the case," he said.

For his actions, the suspect Meirizka is suspected of Article 5 Paragraph 1 or Article 6 paragraph 1, letter A for Article 18 of Law 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Non-Corruption for Article 55 Paragraph 1 1 of the Criminal Code.