This Lawyer Claims To Be Victim Of A Bad System After KPK Determined To Be A Suspect For Bribery In Case Management In Supreme Court

Lawyer Yosep Parera is suspected of bribery in handling cases at the Supreme Court (MA) when he entered the KPK detention car/PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

JAKARTA - Lawyer Yosep Parera, a suspect in the alleged bribery in handling cases at the Supreme Court (MA) admitted to being a victim of the system. He said the gift he did was the result of the habit of handing over facilitation payments.

"This is a bad system in our country, where every aspect up to the top level has to spend money. One of the victims is us," said Yosep before entering the detention car at the KPK Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Friday, September 23.

Together with Eko Suparno, Yosep admitted to giving bribes. This provision was made so that the Intidana Savings and Loan Cooperative could be declared bankrupt.

"Me and Mas Eko as lawyers admit that we honestly handed over the money to the Supreme Court, but we don't know whether he is a clerk or not," he said.

"The point is we will open everything, we are ready to accept the punishment because it is our obedience. We feel our morality is very low, we are willing to be punished severely," continued Yosep.

Yosep confirmed that his party was asked to hand over facilitation payments. However, he admitted that he did not know Supreme Court Judge Sudrajad Dimyati.

Previously reported, the KPK named ten suspects in the alleged bribery case handling cases in the Supreme Court. They are Supreme Court Justice Sudrajad Dimyati (SD); Supreme Court Judicial Judge, Elly Tri Pangestu (ETP); PNS MA, Desy Yustria (DY); PNS MA, Muhajir Habibie (MH); PNS MA, Redi (RD); PNS MA, Albasri (AB); lawyers Yosep Parera (YP) and Eko Suparno (ES); and private parties Heryanto Tanaka (HT) and Ivan Dwi Kusuma Sujanto (IDKS).

The money given was 205,000 Singapore dollars or IDR 2.2 billion to Desy. Furthermore, Desy received IDR 250 million from the total.

Next, Muhajir received IDR 850 million and Elly received IDR 100 million. Meanwhile, Supreme Court Justice Sudrajad Dimyati received IDR 800 million.