The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) is highlighting the acquittal verdict of defendant Gregorius Ronald Tannur, son of former DPR member Edward Tannur on charges of murdering Dini Sera Afriyanti, 29. The Panel of Judges at the Surabaya District Court is considered to have ignored the facts on the ground.
“The judge looked more at the absence of witnesses. Even though someone died. So the consideration was too vague and did not look at the facts on the ground,” said the Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) of the Attorney General’s Office, Harli Siregar, to reporters, Thursday, July 25, 2024.
Harli revealed the facts on the ground that were ignored by the panel of judges, namely evidence such as CCTV submitted by the public prosecutor (JPU). He also felt strange about the judge’s decision that said the victim Dini died due to alcohol consumption, not because of being abused by the defendant.
“Can alcohol cause someone to die? There has to be something else that triggers it. If someone is run over, for example, they have been drinking alcohol, but what we are accusing them of is running over them, killing them,” said Harli.
He considered it very vague if the judge only considered the victim’s death due to the effects of alcohol. Furthermore, Harli said that one of the criminal elements that the judge should have considered was that the defendant had also beaten and run over the victim before he finally died.
“The intention, mens rea has committed murder where the actus reus, he ran over, he slapped first. That’s why the verdict this time is a bit different, we see it,” explained the former Head of the West Papua High Prosecutor’s Office (Kajati).
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Previously, the Surabaya District Court Panel of Judges revealed the considerations for acquitting the son of former council member, Edward Tannur. In the verdict read by Chief Justice Erintuah Damanik, it was stated that Ronald Tannur was considered not legally and convincingly proven not guilty of murder or assault that caused Dini’s death.
“The defendant was not proven legally and convincingly as in the first charge, Article 338 of the Criminal Code or the second, Article 351 paragraph (3) of the Criminal Code or the third, Article 359 of the Criminal Code and 351 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code,” said Erintuah Damanik at the Surabaya District Court, Wednesday, July 24, 2024.
Erintuah Damanik assessed that the defendant Ronald Tannur was still trying to provide assistance when the victim was critical. At that time the defendant had taken the victim to the hospital to get help.
The Attorney General’s Office has filed an appeal to the Supreme Court (MA) on this decision. The Attorney General’s Office is waiting for a copy of the court’s decision as a basis for compiling a cassation memorandum. The Adhyaksa Corps has 14 days to declare an appeal and 14 days after that to file its cassation memorandum.
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