Indonesian authorities have shut down an investigation into allegations that judges asked for bribes in exchange for more lenient sentences for executed Bali nine pair Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan without interviewing the judges and a key lawyer involved in the case.
Muhammad Rifan, one of the men's former lawyers, made the
sensational allegations that the judges asked for more than $130,000 for the drug smugglers to be given a prison term of less than 20 years during their original trial.
As revealed by Fairfax Media, Mr Rifan alleged the deal fell through after the judges presiding over the hearings in Denpasar District Court asked for more money because they were under pressure from the Indonesian Supreme Court and
Attorney-General's Department to apply the death penalty.
"The report on the alleged breach of the code of ethics is closed because the judicial commission has not got sufficient evidence," said Imam Anshori Saleh, a member of the commission.
"Rifan's testimony was heard but he refused for it to be [officially] put in the interrogation report," he said.
"Meanwhile, Peter [Johnson's] lawyers have been summoned twice but refused to meet with us and respond."
Without the lawyers' evidence, the judicial commission won't interview the judges or other witnesses.
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald, Tom Allard, August 23, 2015