Jakarta, LEGAL LITERACY— Former Chairman of the Surabaya District Court (PN), Rudi Suparmono, has been named a suspect by the Attorney General's Office in a bribery case related to the acquittal of a perpetrator of severe abuse,Ronald Tannur. Rudi is suspected of being involved in arranging the composition of judges assigned to acquit Ronald. Rudi was picked up in Palembang, South Sumatra, and taken to Jakarta to be questioned as a witness. He arrived at the Attorney General's Office on Tuesday (1/14/2025) at around 17.30 WIB. After being questioned for two hours, he was named a suspect. The Director of Investigation for the Junior Attorney General for Special Crimes, Abdul Qohar, explained in a press conference on Tuesday evening that Rudi, along with three Surabaya District Court judges, namely Erintuah Damanik, Mangapul, and Heru Hanindyo, allegedly received bribes from Ronald's lawyer, Lisa Rachmat, to influence the court's decision. Rudi received a bribe of 43,000 Singapore dollars from Lisa and was promised an additional 20,000 Singapore dollars from Erintuah. Evidence in the form of cash in various currencies, including rupiah, US dollars, and Singapore dollars, totaling Rp 21 billion, was confiscated from two houses belonging to Rudi located in Central Jakarta and Palembang. The origin of the money is still being investigated by the investigation team. For further investigation, Rudi will be detained for 20 days at the Salemba Detention Center, Jakarta South District Attorney's Office Branch. Currently, Rudi serves as a judge at the Palembang High Court. Previously, he had led the Central Jakarta District Court for eight months, from April to November 2024. The Head of the Legal Information Center of the Attorney General's Office, Harli Siregar, stated that Rudi's designation as a suspect was based on two sufficient pieces of evidence.