AGO names district attorney Pinangki money laundering suspect in connection to Djoko Tjandra case

The Attorney General Of The United States ' s Workplace (AGO) has actually named prosecutor Pinangki Sirna Malasari a suspect of money laundering and bribery after she supposedly got cash from graft convict Djoko Soegiarto Tjandra to help him secure a Supreme Court acquittal.

Examination director for the AGO ' s junior attorney for special crimes, Febrie Adriansyah, stated his team was presently tracing where the US$500,000 allegedly offered to Pinangki had gone.

” We have actually searched two of her apartments,” Febrie stated on Tuesday.

The AGO likewise seized files and Pinangki ' s high-end cars and truck throughout the search, he included.

According to the AGO, Djoko presumably conspired with Pinangki to get the Supreme Court to acquit him and reverse the court ' s own choice from 2009 declaring him guilty for his involvement in the prominent Bank Bali corruption case.

” We are still examining to find out more about their relationship,” AGO spokesperson Hari Setiyono said recently.

In June 2009, the Supreme Court sentenced Djoko to 2 years in prison and ordered him to pay Rp 546 billion ($3726 million) in restitution, but he ran away the nation a day before his conviction and remained at big for more than a years before finally being detained in Malaysia and deported to Indonesia in late July this year.

Speaking separately on Friday, Supreme Court representative Andi Samsan Nganro rejected receiving an ask for Djoko ' s acquittal from Pinangki.

” We have examined, however no demand was made for an acquittal in relation to Djoko Tjandra ' s case,” Andi stated as quoted by kompas.com.

He further discussed that prevailing policies just enabled the Supreme Court to give acquittals to organizations, not individuals.

Pinangki was detained at her home on Aug.12 The AGO declared her guilty of a principles infraction for going on nine international journeys to Singapore and Malaysia in 2019, supposedly to consult with Djoko, while he was still at large.

Both Djoko and Pinangki were charged under Article 5 of the Corruption Law, which brings a maximum penalty of 5 years’ jail time and a fine of Rp 250 million. (vny)

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