The Attorney General's Office Examines The Wife Of The Suspect Judge In The CPO Corruption Case

Kapuspenkum AGO, Harli Siregar At The AGO Building, Jakarta, Thursday 19 July 2024 (Rizky AP/VOI)

The Attorney General's Office has examined a number of witnesses related to the alleged bribery case related to the freelance decision (ontslag) of the export corruption case of crude palm oil (CPO) at the Central Jakarta District Court (PN).

One of the investigators examined by the investigating prosecutor at the Jampidsus Investigation Directorate on Thursday, April 17 yesterday was the wife of the judge who has now been named a suspect.

"IS as the wife of suspect ASB (Agam Syarif Baharuddin)," said Head of the Legal Information Center of the Attorney General's Office, Harli Siregar, in his statement, Friday, April 18.

In addition, the AGO also examined employees of the Central Jakarta District Court with the initials BM and the driver of the Deputy Head of the Central Jakarta District Court with the initials EI.

"The three witnesses were examined in connection with the investigation of the alleged bribery and/or gratuity corruption case related to the handling of the case at the Central Jakarta District Court on behalf of the suspect WG et al", said Harli.

"The witness examination was carried out to strengthen the evidence and complete the filing in the case in question," he continued.

Previously, the AGO named seven suspects, namely WG (Wahyu Gunawan) as the young civil clerk of the North Jakarta District Court, MS as the advocate, AR as the advocate, and MAN (Muhammad Arif Nuryanta) as the Chair of the South Jakarta District Court, as well as three judges, namely DJU (Djuyamto), ASB (Agam Syarif Baharuddin), and AM (Ali Muhtarom). Then, the AGO also named the Head of Social Security Legal PT Wilmar Group with the initials MSY as a new suspect.

Arif as Chairman of the Central Jakarta District Court received bribes worth Rp. 60 billion from the suspect Muhammad Syafei (MSY) as Wilmar's legal team through intermediary Wahyu Gunawan (WG) as the young clerk of the North Jakarta District Court.

Apart from Djuyamto, judges from the panel of judges, namely Agam Syarif Baharudin (ASB) and Ali Muhtarom (AM) also received bribes from the suspect Arif.

The three judges accepted bribes in a state of knowing that the money was to smooth out the decision to be handed down (ontslag) against corporate suspects including PT Wilmar Group, PT Permata Hijau Group, and PT Musim Mas Group.

The three judges were subject to Article 12 letter c in conjunction with Article 12 letter b jo. Article 6 paragraph (2) jo. Article 18 of Law (UU) Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2021 jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code.