Supreme Court Justice Sudrajad Dimyati Detained by KPK

Deputy Chairman of the KPK Alexander Marwata at a press conference on the detention of Supreme Court Supreme Court justice Sudrajad Dimyati, suspected of bribery in case management/PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has arrested Supreme Court Justice (MA) Sudrajad Dimyati. This detention was carried out after he was named a suspect in the alleged bribery case management.

"The investigative team has again detained one suspect, namely SD (Sudrajad Dimyati)," said KPK Deputy Chair Alexander Marwata at a press conference at the KPK Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Friday, September 23.

The detention was carried out for the next 20 days. Alexander said Sudrajad was being held at the KPK Detained in Lot C1.

In this case, Sudrajad was named a suspect along with nine other people. They are the 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).

Previously, the KPK suspected that Sudrajad had accepted bribes to win a civil lawsuit at the Semarang District Court. The application is related to the activities of the Intidana Savings and Loans Cooperative.

To take care of this case, two lawyers handed over a sum of 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. Finally, Sudrajad received IDR 800 million from the party that represented him.

For their actions, HT, YP, ES, and IDKS are suspected of violating Article 5 paragraph (1) letter a or b or Article 13 or Article 6 letter c of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) to 1 of the Criminal Code.

Meanwhile, as recipients, SD, DS, ETP, MH, RD, and AB were suspected of violating Article 12 letter c or Article 12 letter a or b in conjunction with Article 11 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law No. Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraphs 1 to 1 of the Criminal Code.