lawyer, Anita Kolopaking, while the rest was a "consultant fee" for Andi Irfan. He therefore argued the "fees" did not constitute "bribes" or "gifts". "I appeal to Your Excellencies, the panel of judges who are trying this case, to be willing to release me, the defendant Djoko Soegiarto Tjandra, from all of the indictments and demands of the public prosecutor. However, if the honorable panel of judges has a different opinion, please give a verdict as light as possible," he said. Tjandra told the court that former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak had advised him to contact Tommy Sumardi in order to help him to enter Indonesia to register his request for a review of his 2009 corruption conviction and jail sentence. He said Sumardi asked for a fee of Rp15 billion and they settled on a fee of Rp10 billion. "To be able to enter Indonesia for the purposes of registering the review application, I asked for help from brother Tommy Sumardi, whom I know and based on a recommendation from Tommy Sumardi's in-law, my friend, former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, to check my status on the wanted list," he said. Tjandra claimed he did not know that Tommy Sumardi would use the money to bribe police. Defense lawyer Susilo Ariwibowo on 12 April 2021 said Tjandra had filed an appeal against his conviction because the court had disregarded the defense's claim that the crime took place outside Indonesia, and that Djoko had canceled the plan to pay the Supreme Court after making a down-payment, and that he did not know Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte and Brigadier General Prasetijo Utomo because Tommy Sumadi never told him about them. References 1951 births Living people Indonesian people of Chinese descent