Bribe

 (KPK) investigators arrested on Friday five people in Balikpapan.
, as part of a bribery case related to a trial --- that
involved businessmen Sudarman as the defendant and Court judge Kayat.
In addition to them, the three others arrested were Court clerk, lawyer and  staff member.
"The operation was conducted at the Balikpapan court.

The antigraft body had caught Jhonson and Rosa red-handed giving Kayat bribe money inside the Court compound in exchange for clearing Sudarman

in a case Kayat presided in 2018.
KPK investigators confiscated a total of Rp 227.5 million (US$16,018) from different places,
including Kayat’s car and Jhonson’s office.
"The judge was bribed to release the defendant.
Kayat offered to release Sudarman, in exchange for Rp 500 million

He is a defendant in a document forgery case,.

Sudarman, through his lawyer, agreed --- but

delayed the payment until after he was declared not guilty and released.
investigators had been watching Kayat for some time.
"[The arrest] was not based on one case only,"

Febri said without elaborating.

Kayat was also a judge in the trial of an oil spill in Balikpapan Bay last year.
He sentenced MV Ever Judger captain Zhang Deyi to 10 years in prison and

He ordered him to pay a fine of Rp 15 billion in February for causing an oil pipe leak that
triggered a massive fire and led to the death of five people.

Meanwhile, Jhonson is also known as an activist and chairman of the National Corruption Watch (NCW),

which also advocates land issues in Balikpapan.