The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is waiting for a copy of the Jakarta Corruption Court's decision to release Supreme Court Justice Gazalba Saleh from the money laundering charges. They will carry out an analysis before determining further steps. Gazalba Saleh has been released from the KPK Detention Center since Monday night, May 27. The Jakarta Corruption Court ordered the KPK to release Gazalba Saleh after granting the proposed exception from the legal advisor team of the defendant. The exception was granted because the prosecutor at the KPK had not received an appointment from the Attorney General. Gazalba Saleh was also acquitted of accepting bribes for case management at the Supreme Court. The KPK will appeal the decision to release Gazalba Saleh [c6e95b3d].
The Judicial Commission (KY) will send an investigation team to examine the decision of the Jakarta Corruption Court Panel of Judges to acquit Supreme Court Justice Gazalba Saleh of money laundering charges. The investigation aims to determine whether there was an ethical violation in the court's decision [e52136d5].
The Jakarta Corruption Court ordered the release of Supreme Court Justice Gazalba Saleh in a trial held on May 27. This decision has sparked strong reactions, with Deputy Chairperson of the KPK Alexander Marwata calling for the Supreme Court Supervisory Body (Bawas MA) and the Judicial Commission (KY) to investigate the panel of judges at the Central Jakarta Corruption Court who presided over the case. The judges involved in the case are Fahzal Hendri, Rianto Adam Pontoh, and Ad Hoc Judge Sukartono [e52136d5].
In a separate case, former chief of state carrier Garuda Indonesia, Emirsyah Satar, has been sentenced to five years in prison for corruption related to the procurement of jets from Bombardier and ATR. Satar, who ran Garuda from 2005 to 2014, was found to have procured the jets without proper procedures and board approval in 2011, resulting in poor performance and costing the state approximately US$610 million. This is not Satar's first conviction, as he was previously sentenced to eight years in prison for bribery and money laundering in relation to the purchase of planes and engines from Airbus and Rolls-Royce. The court ordered Satar to pay a fine of 500 million rupiah (US$30,759). Garuda, ATR, and Bombardier have not commented on the matter [d0457ce2].