KY Prioritizes Investigating Ronald Tannur's Cassation Council

Member and Spokesperson for the Judicial Commission (KY) Mukti Fajar Nur Dewata BETWEEN/Fath Putra Mulya/am.

JAKARTA - The Judicial Commission prioritizes investigating the panel of cassation judges regarding the case of Gregorius Ronald Tannur who is suspected of having committed an ethical violation, following the appointment of a former Supreme Court official, Zarof Ricar (ZR) as a suspect for allegedly brokering bribes at the cassation level.

"The Judicial Commission prioritizes to follow up on the case by forming a special team, involving several commissioners to investigate and examine alleged ethical violations of the cassation panel of judges handling the GRT case," said KY Member and Spokesperson Mukti Fajar Nur Dewata as reported by ANTARA, Thursday, November 14.

In addition to making a special team, KY also continues to coordinate with the Supreme Court and the Attorney General's Office to deepen the case. KY will also coordinate with other institutions to complete cases as an effort to carry out judicial reforms to be free from corruption.

Mukti explained that KY had held a coordination meeting with the AGO on Tuesday (12/11) to increase the synergy between the two institutions.

"In the meeting, several things were agreed upon, namely KY and the AGO agreed to exchange information related to alleged violations of the code of ethics committed by three cassation judges and other judges related to this case," he added.

In addition, KY and the AGO also agreed that the examination was adjusted to the authority of each institution, namely KY in the AGO's temporary ethical area in the criminal area.

The alleged involvement of the panel of judges in the polemic of the Ronald Tannur case emerged after a former Supreme Court official, ZR, was named a suspect in the alleged bribery conspiracy at the cassation level on Friday (25/10).

ZR is suspected of being a broker for Ronald Tannur's cassation decision in the murder case of Dini Sera Afriyanti. ZR was asked by LR, lawyer Ronald Tannur who is also a suspect in this case, to smooth out Ronald Tannur's case at the cassation level.

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

However, ZR, who is also the former Head of the Supreme Court's Legal and Judiciary Education and Training Agency, is said to have not submitted bribes to the Supreme Court judge who handled Ronald Tannur's cassation.

"It turns out that 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," said Director of Investigation at the Attorney General's Office Abdul Qohar during a press conference in Jakarta, Friday (25/10) night.