Depok Judge Bribery Drama: Now Two MA Officials Examined by KPK

Two Heads of Sections (Kasi) for Mutations in the Directorate General of General Judiciary of the Supreme Court (MA) were examined as witnesses by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to deepen the investigation into the mutation of the suspects in the alleged bribery case. The alleged bribery was given to a judge at the Depok District Court related to the execution of a land dispute in Tapos Subdistrict, Depok, West Java. “Investigators requested information from the witnesses regarding the job mutation of the suspects in this case,” said KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo on Wednesday, 15 April 2026. The two witnesses, according to Budi, are Kasi Mutasi I of the Ditjen Badilum MA, Zubair, and Kasi Mutasi II of the Ditjen Badilum MA, Irma Susanti. They were examined on 14 April 2026. Previously, on 5 February 2026, the KPK conducted a raid operation against a judge in the Depok area, West Java. The KPK explained that the raid was related to alleged corruption in handling a land dispute case. Then, on 6 February 2026, the KPK revealed that it arrested seven people in the raid, consisting of the Chief and Deputy Chief of the Depok District Court, one from the Depok District Court, then a director and three employees of PT Karabha Digdaya, a subsidiary of the Ministry of Finance. The anti-corruption agency then designated five of the seven people as suspects in the alleged corruption case related to receiving or promising in handling the land dispute within the Depok District Court, namely 6,500 square metres in Tapos Subdistrict. They are Chief of Depok District Court I Wayan Eka Mariarta (EKA), Deputy Chief of Depok District Court Bambang Setyawan (BBG), Court Bailiff of Depok District Court Yohansyah Maruanaya (YOH), President Director of Karabha Digdaya Trisnadi Yulrisman (TRI), and Head of Corporate Legal at Karabha Digdaya Berliana Tri Kusuma (BER). In addition, the KPK designated Bambang as a suspect in alleged gratification after obtaining data from the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK), namely regarding the receipt of Rp2.5 billion from PT Daha Mulia Valasindo.