Rp920 Billion Cash From The House Of Ex-Ma Official Zarof Ricar Handed Over To The AGO

Juru Bicara Mahkamah Agung Yanto (kiri) saat konferensi pers mengenai hasil pemeriksaan majelis hakim cassasi Ronald Tannur di Media Center MA RI, Jakarta, Senin (18/11/2024). (ANTARA/Fath Putra Mulya)

JAKARTA - The Supreme Court (MA) handed over an investigation into the origins of evidence of money around Rp920 billion which was confiscated from Zarof Ricar (ZR), a suspect in the alleged conspiracy to bribe Gregorius Ronald Tannur's cassation, to the Attorney General's Office (AGO).

MA spokesman Yanto during a press conference at the Media Center MA RI, Jakarta, Monday, said that his party was only authorized to examine alleged ethical violations, while the AGO processed the alleged criminal act as law enforcement officers.

"When it comes to evidence, it is a pure legal process, it is left entirely to investigators. So, this team only conducts ethical examinations," said Yanto.

According to Yanto, the legal process regarding the origin of the evidence of money that ZR admitted was obtained from the results of the case broker at the Supreme Court from 2012 '2022 it was the investigator's responsibility. The deepening of evidence will be open to the public if the case has entered the court.

"Later, if investigators, through the public prosecutor, have transferred the case to the trial, it will be opened as widely as possible in court. Of course, it will be opened by judges, prosecutors, lawyers (regarding) the origin of the money and also where to whom it will certainly develop in a trial that is open to the public," he said.

On the other hand, the Supreme Court spokesman was reluctant to assume that the number of judges involved if the money amounting to almost Rp1 trillion was indeed the result of the case's masterminds.

According to him, the Supreme Court only spoke after facts and evidence.

"When asked to us, the judge talked about legal facts and valid evidence (evidence) based on statutory regulations. If the assumptions are different, one person will be different from another person," said Yanto.

Previously, investigators from the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) at the AGO confiscated cash worth nearly Rp. 1 trillion belonging to ZR during a search of his residence in the Senayan area, Jakarta.

The cash worth almost Rp1 trillion consists of various currencies, namely Rp5,725,075,000, 74,494,427 Singapore dollars, 1,897,362 US dollars, 483,320 Hong Kong dollars, and 71,200 euros.

"In total, if converted in rupiah, the amount is IDR 920,912,303,714," said Director of Investigation at the Attorney General's Office Abdul Qohar at a press conference in Jakarta, Friday (25/10) night.

Meanwhile, during a search at the Le Meridien Hotel, Bali, where ZR was staying when he was arrested, investigators had evidence of cash amounting to Rp20,414,000.

According to Qohar, ZR in the examination admitted that the money was obtained when he became a case management broker at the Supreme Court from 2012 '2022. This means that ZR has become a case broker before retiring from the Supreme Court in around 2022.

Meanwhile, ZR was named a suspect in the alleged conspiracy to bribe Ronald Tannur's cassation. ZR was asked by lawyer Ronald Tannur with the initials LR, who is also a suspect in this case, to smooth out Ronald Tannur's case at the cassation level.