AGO re-arrests ex-MP’s son after Supreme Court overturns Surabaya murder acquittal – Politics

he Attorney General’s Office (AGO) re-arrested Gregorius Ronald Tannur after the Supreme Court overturned his acquittal in the murder of his girlfriend Dini Sera Afriyanti, a high-profile case that observers said shed light on judicial corruption.

A joint team from the East Java and Surabaya prosecutor’s offices arrested Ronald at his residence in Surabaya, East Java on Sunday and immediately transported him to Surabaya Class I Penitentiary in Sidoarjo, according to a statement issued the same day.

In a Supreme Court decision last week, President Justice Soesilo and Justices Sutarjo and Ainal Mardhiah overturned a lower court’s acquittal and found Ronald guilty of aggravated assault, sentencing him to five years in prison.

Ronald, whose father is former National Awakening Party (PKB) MP Edward Tannur, was on trial for the fatal attack on Dini, who was 29 when she died in October 2023. The couple allegedly argued before she to be pronounced dead at a hospital. in Surabaya.

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The Surabaya District Court acquitted Ronald of all charges in July. Judges presiding over his trial said the prosecution had failed to present convincing evidence to find him guilty of murder, manslaughter and aggravated assault.

His acquittal sparked a public backlash and a subsequent investigation by the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) into the alleged corruption of the three district court judges who handled the trial: Erintuah Damanik, Mangapul and Heru Hanindyo.

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