Free Sentence Judge Ronald Tannur Denies Receiving Money: I'm Gigi Operations

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JAKARTA - The former judge of the Surabaya District Court, Heru Hanindyo, denied the statements of the other two judges regarding the distribution of Gregorius Ronald Tannur's free sentence amounting to 140 thousand Singapore dollars.

The two judges, Erintuah Damanik and Mangapul, were witnesses in the case of alleged bribery and gratification of Gregorius Ronald Tannur's acquittal for the defendant Heru Hanindyo. They had mentioned that the money given by Lisa Rachmat was distributed in Mangapul's office.

Heru Hanindyo's rebuttal was conveyed when he was examined as a defendant. He did not know about the distribution of money, never even in Mangapul's office.

"Regarding the issue of the distribution of money, it is clear that I am not in Pak Mangapul's room, I am not there. Even though the two witnesses said that, in fact I was not there," Heru said during a trial at the Jakarta Corruption Court, Tuesday, April 8.

Based on information from Erintuah Damanik and Mangapul, the distribution of money was carried out within two weeks after the deliberation of the second panel of judges in handling the Ronald Tannur case.

Heru said he was rarely at the Surabaya District Court. This is because frequent dental nerve surgery permits and official duties outside the city from June to July.

Starting on June 3, which is said to have not entered the office because of permission to undergo dental surgery in the Pondok Indah area, South Jakarta.

"I have permission not to enter the office because I reported my assignment to the Supreme Court and in the afternoon I had dental surgery at Pondok Indah. This letter did not enter His Majesty's work," he said.

Heru recalled that the deliberation was held around June 4 to 6. He remembered this moment because it coincided with the condition of the teeth that were still swollen due to surgery.

Referring to this, the distribution of money took place around June 14. Heru said, at that time he was not in the office or the Surabaya District Court.

"Well, what was said by the witnesses Pak Mangapul and Damanik, two weeks after meeting, I shared the money or what, I said on the 14th I had permission not to enter the office, tickets were there, and the medical records were there, on the 3rd and 14th I did not enter the office," he said.

Heru emphasized that during the period from June 14 to July 7, only offices were held on June 27. Because, you have to undergo advanced dental surgery in Jakarta.

"On the 14th I flew from Surabaya to Jakarta further operation at Pondok Indah, there is a medical record," he said.

Then, Heru took time off and was in Denpasar from June 17 to 20. A day later, he did not come to work because of permission to control the condition of his teeth after surgery. Then go to Palangkaraya on June 24 to 26.

'I entered on June 27 at the time of Ronald Tannur's demands and my trial, which has been delayed for more than two weeks," said Heru.

A day later, Heru beralibi was only absent without duty. Then, he had to go to Sidoarjo to attend a family event.

"On the 1 to 5 date, I have left for Medan," said Heru.

It is known that Erintuah Damanik met Lisa Rachmat at the Dunkin' Donuts outlet at Ahmad Yani Airport on June 1, 2024. The meeting was related to the handover of 140,000.

Three inactive judges of the Surabaya District Court, Heru Hanindyo, Erintuah Damanik, Mangapul, 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).