Three Judges Free Sentence Ronald Tannur Charged With Accepting Bribes Of IDR 3.6 Billion

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Three judges at the Surabaya District Court, Erintuah Damanik, Heru Hanindyo and Mangapul, were charged with accepting bribes and gratuities worth Rp1 billion and 308,000 Singapore dollars in connection with the verdict of the convict Greogrius Ronald Tannur in the murder case.

The three judges underwent a trial reading the indictment at the Jakarta Corruption Court, Tuesday, December 24.

"Receiving gifts or promises, in the form of cash amounting to Rp1,000,000,000 and SGD 308,000," said the prosecutor reading out the indictment.

In total, the bribes or gratuities received by the three defendants to take care of Ronald Tannur's case reached Rp3.6 billion.

The bribe money was handed over by Meirizka Widjaja Tannur and Lisa Rachmat who greeted Ronald Tannur's mother and lawyer.

The first handover was valued at 48,000 Singapore dollars. The money was given to the defendant Erintuah Damanik. Then, another 140,000 Singapore dollars was handed over.

"With each distribution for the defendant Erintuah Damanik of SGD 38,000, for Mangapul it is SGD 36.000, for Heru Hanindyo it is SGD 36.000," said the prosecutor.

After being divided, around 30,000 Singapore dollars remained. The money was also kept by the defendant Erintuah Damanik.

Not only that, Meirizka Widjaja Tannur and Lisa Rachmat again handed over Rp1 billion and 120,000 Singapore dollars.

"The money was received by the defendant Heru Hanindyo," said the prosecutor.

The receipt of bribes and gratuities occurred, which was estimated from January to August 2024 at the Class IA Special District Court in Surabaya and the Dunkin Donuts Outlet at General Ahmad Yani Airport, Semarang.

With this bribe, the three defendants who tried the murder case of Dini Sera Afrianti sentenced Ronald Tannur to acquittal.

In the bribery and gratification case, the three defendants were charged with violating Article 12 letter c or Article 6 paragraph 2 or Article 5 paragraph 2 in conjunction with Article 18 of the Corruption Eradication Law in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph 1 1 of the Criminal Code.