Attorney General's Office Names New Suspect in Development of Zarof Ricar Case Involving Judicial Mafia
The Attorney General’s Office (Kejagung) has named a new suspect in the development of the bribery case involving former Supreme Court (MA) official Zarof Ricar. The new suspect is Agung Winarno (AW).
“The Jampidsus investigation team has designated AW as a suspect in the criminal act of money laundering, with the predicate offence being bribery involving the convicted Zarof Ricar,” stated Head of the Jampidsus Investigation Division at Kejagung, Syarief Sulaeman Nahdi, during a press conference at Kejagung in South Jakarta on Thursday (16/4/2026).
He explained that Zarof is suspected of entrusting several assets to AW. Kejagung suspects these assets are proceeds from Zarof’s corruption.
“During the search of the suspect AW’s office, we found numerous documents as evidence of land ownership belonging to the convicted Zarof Ricar,” he said.
He mentioned that cash and gold were also discovered at AW’s office. He stated that Zarof contacted AW in 2025 to entrust deposits, land certificates, money, and gold.
“Suspect AW knew from the outset that the entrustment of these assets for management by suspect AW was intended to hide or disguise the origin of their acquisition, which is suspected to stem from the criminal act of bribery corruption committed by Zarof Ricar,” he added.
For context, the Supreme Court has rejected the cassation petitions filed by the public prosecutor and Zarof Ricar in the bribery and gratification case. Thus, Zarof remains sentenced to 18 years in prison as per the appellate court decision.
“Cassation petition by the public prosecutor and the defendant rejected,” as seen on the Supreme Court clerk’s website on Friday (14/11/2025).
Zarof Ricar was initially sentenced to 16 years in prison. The Corruption Court panel at the Central Jakarta District Court found Zarof guilty of criminal conspiracy and receiving gratification related to the acquittal verdict for Gregorius Ronald Tannur in the death case of Dini Sera Afrianti.
At that time, Zarof appealed the Corruption Court’s verdict. As a result, the corporal punishment imposed on Zarof at the appellate level was harsher than at the first instance.
Zarof Ricar’s sentence was increased from 16 to 18 years. The appellate judges stated that Zarof’s actions caused a bad presumption that judges could be bribed and manipulated with money.
The judges also disagreed with the Corruption Court of Jakarta’s decision on the return of Rp 8.8 billion. The appellate judges stated that the claim of Rp 8.8 billion as legitimate income belonging to Zarof was based solely on one witness’s testimony, without considering the use of that income.
The appellate judges also stated that Zarof could not prove the source of Rp 915 billion and 51 kg of precious metal gold. Zarof’s such assets were confiscated for the state. In this appellate decision, Zarof was also fined Rp 1 billion, subsidiary six months’ imprisonment.