Proven to have Violated the Judge's Code of Ethics and Conduct Guidelines (KEPPH), KY Dismissed 3 Surabaya District Court Judges Acquitting Ronnald Tannur

The acquittal verdict given by the panel of judges of the Surabaya District Court against the defendant Gregorius Ronald Tannur in the murder case of Dini Sera Afrianti, resulted in an external examination by the Judicial Commission (KY). The results of the examination finally recommended honorable dismissal or dismissal. The results of the examination KY determined that the panel of judges had violated the Judge's Code of Ethics and Conduct Guidelines (KEPPH). (Rofiq Hidayat, 2024)

Chairman of the Judge Supervision and Investigation Division Joko Sasmito during a consultation meeting with Commission III “imposed a severe sanction on the reported judge in the form of permanent dismissal with pension rights and proposed that the reported parties be submitted to the Judge's Honorary Council”, Monday, (26/8/2024). Joko also said that a number of violations were found with a high level of classification.

Based on a number of findings, Joko mentioned that the judges read out the legal facts and legal considerations related to the elements of the indictment article which were different between those read out in the trial and those stated in the copy of the verdict Number 454/Pid.B/2024/PN.Sby. According to him, there were differences in legal considerations between the results of the visum et repertum and the testimony of expert witness Dr. Renny Sumino from RSUD Dr. Soetomo. In addition, the reported judges never considered or gave an assessment of the CCTV evidence in the Lenmarc Mall Basement parking area submitted by the public prosecutor. (Regional Team, 2024)