Ronald Tannur Free Sentence Bribery Trial, Former Surabaya District Court Judge Asks To Do 'One Door' On Money

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JAKARTA - The former judge of the Surabaya District Court, Erintuah Damanik, is said to have conveyed a one-door system to two other judges, namely Mangapul and Heru Hanindyo.

One door in question relates to the receipt of money from Lisa Rachmat as Gregorius Ronald Tannur's lawyer, who at that time was a defendant in a murder case.

This began when Mangapul, who was presented as a witness, was questioned by the prosecutor regarding the contents of the Investigation Report (BAP) which alluded to the question of 'one door'.

"Then in this witness' statement at point 9, it was stated that after stating in the deliberation, the case was released, then the witness Erintuah 'OK then one door', right? Is it true that in the witness statement at point 9?" asked the prosecutor during the trial at the Jakarta Corruption Court, Tuesday, April 8.

"Yes," answered Mangapul

"Saying more or less because of consensus to be free, then we have one door, right?" said the prosecutor, who was then agreed by witness Mangapul.

Then, the prosecutor began to explore the context of the one door in question. Then, Mangapul explained that the statement was made by Erintuah Damanik after holding two deliberations.

"As far as I remember at that time, we had two deliberations. The first deliberation when the defendant's examination was completed, it was still gathered, still giving his opinion during the trial," said Mangpul.

"Then there were a few days later, I forgot, after the deliberation we were reminded again, we gathered again in Pak Erin's room, we discussed this case initially, we expressed our opinion but it was confirmed again whether his opinion was free, in the end we agreed to be free yesterday, there was only that word," he continued.

"One door in what sense?" said the prosecutor.

"One door means Mr. Erin, he's not firmly insulating but I already understand what it means to meet Lisa to receive a thank you," said Mangapul.

Hearing the testimony, the prosecutor asked the context of the 'thank you' in question. Mangapul answered about the matter regarding money.

"Money," said Mangapul.

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 were also charged with receiving gratuities in the form of rupiah and various foreign currencies, namely Singapore dollars, Malaysian ringgit, Japanese yen, euro, and Saudi riyals.

The defendant was charged with 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 in conjunction with Article 55 Paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code.

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).