Ronald Tannur Witnessed The Bribery-Gratification Session Of 3 Surabaya District Court Judges

The convict of the murder, Gregorius Ronald Tannur, was a witness in the trial of the alleged bribery and gratification case (ANTARA/Agatha Olivia Victoria)

JAKARTA - The Public Prosecutor (JPU) presented two witnesses at the trial of alleged bribery and gratuities with the defendant three inactive judges at the Surabaya District Court. One of them is Gregorius Ronald Tannur.

Three inactive judges of the Surabaya District Court who sat as defendants were Erintuah Damanik, Mangapul and Heru Hanindyo.

"Hadir saksinya hari ini?" tanya hakim dalam persidangan di Pengadilan Tipikor Jakarta, Selasa, 25 Februari.

"Present Your Majesty," replied the prosecutor.

The judge then asked the prosecutor to present the two witnesses before the trial. At that time, Ronald Tannur and his lawyer, Lisa Rachmat, entered the courtroom.

They immediately went in and sat in a chair right in front of the panel of judges.

"The first is in the name of Gregorius Ronald Tannur. The second is on behalf of Lisa Rachmat and is welcome to enter the courtroom," said the prosecutor.

For information, three non-active judges at the Surabaya District Court were charged with accepting bribes in the form of gifts or promises of Rp4.67 billion and gratuities in cases of alleged bribery and gratuities for granting acquittal to the convicted murder of Ronald Tannur in 2024.

In addition to bribes, the three are also suspected of receiving gratuities in the form of rupiah and various foreign currencies, namely Singapore dollars, Malaysian ringgit, Japanese yen, euro, and Saudi riyals.

Thus, the actions of the defendants are regulated and subject to criminal penalties in Article 12 letter c or Article 6 Paragraph (2) or Article 5 Paragraph (2) and Article 12 B in conjunction with Article 18 of Law (UU) Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 jo. Article 55 Paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code.

In detail, the bribes allegedly received by the three judges included Rp1 billion and 308 thousand Singapore dollars or Rp3.67 billion (exchange rate of Rp11,900).