JAKARTA - The panel of judges at the Corruption Court sentenced Ronald Tannur's mother, Meirizka Widjaja, to 3 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 500 million, subsidiary to 6 months in prison. He was found guilty of bribery to the judge
Meirizka was found guilty of corruption in bribing the judge to influence the decision on his son's case, who at that time was a defendant in a murder case.
"Declaring that the defendant Meirizka Widjaja is legally and convincingly proven guilty of committing a criminal act of corruption in the form of giving something to the judge with the intention of influencing the decision of the case submitted to him for trial, which was carried out jointly as in the first alternative indictment," said the chairman of the panel of judges, Rosihan Juhriah Rangkuti, as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, June 18.
Meirizka was found guilty of violating Article 6 paragraph (1) letter ajuncto Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended and supplemented by Law Number 20 of 2001 jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code.
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Previously, Meirizka Widjaja was sentenced to 4 years in prison and a fine of Rp. 750 million, subsidiary to 6 months in prison, related to the case of giving bribes to consolidate his son's case in 2024.
The public prosecutor of the Attorney General's Office believes that Meirizka was proven to have given bribes to a judge at the Surabaya District Court (PN), East Java, to investigate the Ronald Tannur case.
In this case, Meirizka, the mother of Ronald Tannur, was charged with giving bribes to three judges at the Surabaya District Court amounting to Rp4.67 billion to give acquittal against her child.
The overall cash provided includes IDR 1 billion and 308,000 Singapore dollars or equivalent to IDR 3.67 billion (exchange rate of IDR 11,900.00 per Singapore dollar).
The bribe money was allegedly given through Ronald Tannur's lawyer, Lisa Rachmat, who is also a defendant in this corruption case.
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