Lawyer Ronald Tannur Denies Giving Free Sentence Money, Apologizes To Surabaya District Court Judge

Lawyer Gregorius Ronald Tannur, Lisa Rachmat

JAKARTA - Gregorius Ronald Tannur's lawyer, Lisa Rachmat, denied giving money to Heru Hanindyo, who is an inactive judge at the Surabaya District Court regarding his client's acquittal in a murder case.

This statement was conveyed when he testified in the trial of alleged bribery and gratification with the three inactive judges of the Surabaya District Court, namely Erintuah Damanik, Mangapul and Heru Hanindyo.

During the trial, Heru Hanindyo's attorney questioned the provision of Rp1 billion and 120 thousand Singapore dollars or SGD. Lisa denied and stated that the money was her honorarium as Ronald Tannur's attorney.

"In the indictment, Mr. Heru received Rp1 billion and SGD 120 thousand?" asked Heru Hanindyo's attorney at the Jakarta Corruption Court, Tuesday, February 25.

"I have said that it was my honorarium from a client that happened to be Mr. Heru's assembly, and that was only my writing. I'm sorry Mr. Heru," replied Lisa.

"Never submitted to Mr. Heru?" asked Heru's attorney to confirm.

"No, not for Mr. Heru, that's my honorarium, coincidentally Mr. Heru's assembly," said Lisa.

Heru Hanindyo, who was given the opportunity to ask, also studied Lisa's testimony regarding the giving of money contained in the indictment.

Lisa again denied the handover of money. In fact, Ronald Tannur's attorney apologized to Heru for calling him in his testimony during the examination process.

"And in real terms, you have been sworn in here because it concerns my good name. Did you hand over the money to me?" asked Heru.

"No," replied Lisa.

"Once again, what was mentioned was 500 plus 500 plus 120 thousand, then there was a photo of the dollar money, I didn't know it wasn't clear earlier. Was written by Mr. Heru Ronald and then the money changer, "wrote P Heru Ronald. That's what you gave me?" Heru asked.

"No, I'm sorry sir, because I for, it's for my record, I'm just taking it clearly, because Mr. Heru, coincidentally, in my case it was Mr. Heru. That's all," replied Lisa.

Lisa again apologized for writing Heru's name in the notes of the money. Heru said Lisa had written his name.

"Who wrote that?" asked Heru.

"I'm sir, I'm sorry," replied Lisa.

"Why do you write my name so far, but you don't give it, it's ambiguous like this," said Heru.

Not satisfied with Lisa's answer, Heru again asked about the giving of money by Lisa to him in various currencies. Lisa said she never gave money to Heru.

"Have you ever given me money in rupiah, penah?" asked Heru.

"No," replied Lisa.

"Singapur dollar?" asked Heru.

"No," replied Lisa.

"Yen?" asked Heru.

"No," replied Lisa.

"The Saudi Riyal?" asked Heru.

"No," replied Lisa.

"Euro?" asked Heru.

"No," replied Lisa.

"US dollar?" asked Heru.

"No sir," replied Lisa.

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).