This Is The Reason For The Pretrial Lawsuit Of Judge Heru Hanindyo, The Free Sentencer Ronald Tannur, To Fall

Surabaya District Court Judge Heru Hanindyo is a suspect in bribery in handling the case against the defendant Gregorius Ronald Tannur, Tuesday 5 November 2024. (ANTARA PHOTO-Muhammad Ramdan)

The Attorney General's Office (AGO) revealed the reasons behind the fall of the pretrial lawsuit filed by Heru Hanindyo, a judge at the Surabaya District Court (PN) who was caught in a bribery case related to Ronald Tannur's acquittal.

Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) of the Attorney General's Office, Harli Siregar, explained that the death of the lawsuit was based on the provisions of Article 82 paragraph (1) letter d of the Criminal Procedure Code which stated that the pretrial examination automatically died after the main case was transferred to court and the defendant was under the authority of the judge.

"In this case, the Central Jakarta District Attorney has transferred the main case on behalf of the defendant Heru Hanindyo to the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court," he said in a written statement, Friday, December 20, which was confiscated by Antara.

The delegation is based on the Delegation Letter of the Ordinary Examination Event Case (P-31) Number B-5347/M.1.10/Ft.1/12/2024, dated December 16, 2024 which has been registered with Case Number 106/Pid.Sus-TPK/2024/PN.Jkt.Pst.

He said that along with the delegation, Heru Hanindyo's legal status was transferred from suspect to defendant and the detention authority was transferred from the Central Jakarta District Attorney (Kejari) to the Panel of Judges at the Corruption Court (Tipikor).

"On December 17, 2024, the panel of judges has also issued a letter of detention for 30 days until January 15, 2025," he said.

Furthermore, he said, the decision to submit was also based on the Circular of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia Number 5 of 2021 which stipulates that the delegation of cases to court automatically invalidates pretrial examinations.

"Thus, the pretrial application submitted by the applicant cannot be used as a basis for stopping the examination of the main case in court," he said.

It is known that the pretrial decision hearing Heru Hanindyo was held at the South Jakarta District Court (Jaksel) on Friday, December 20.

The death of Heru's pretrial application has been confirmed by the South Jakarta District Court Public Relations Officer, Djuyamto.

"As previously read out the pretrial decision on behalf of the applicant Heru Hanindyo by the single judge, the pretrial application has been declared null and void," he said.

The reason for the rejection of the pretrial lawsuit was because the main case had now been transferred to trial so that the application case submitted was declared null and void.

It is known that Heru Hanindyo (HH) is one of the three judges of the Surabaya District Court, who was named a suspect in the alleged bribery of Ronald Tannur's acquittal.

Apart from Heru, the other two judges named as suspects were Erintuah Damanik (ED) and Mangapul (M).

The three judges of the Surabaya District Court were suspected of accepting bribes or gratuities from Lisa Rahmat (LR), Ronald Tannur's lawyer, to impose acquittal against Ronald Tannur from the indictment of the murder of his girlfriend, Dini Sera Afriyanti. LR was also named a suspect in this case.