Feeling Trapped, Here's Riri Khasmita's Defense as Suspect of Family Asset Embezzlement

Kapanlagi.com - Riri Khasmita, through her legal representative, explained how she became the owner of six land and building assets owned by Cut Indria Martini, Nirina Zubir's mother.Syakhruddin, who has been appointed as Riri Khasmita's legal representative, said that the transfer of assets to his client was the will of Nirina Zubir's mother.

At that time, according to Syakhruddin, Nirina Zubir's mother was facing financial difficulties. She then took the step of mortgaging some of her assets to the bank.  With the excuse of fearing that she would not be able to get a loan because Nirina's mother was already elderly, some of these assets were transferred under Riri's name at the request of Nirina's mother.

"The essence is the transfer of names based on a power of attorney. It started with the need for money, then mortgaged to the bank. Because it couldn't be done (under Cut Indria Martini's name) due to her old age, it was automatically transferred to my client's name. My client meets the requirements because there is an effort, so the bank trusts Riri to release the money," said Syakhruddin at the West Jakarta Metro Police, Wednesday (24/11/2021).

In addition to receiving a power of attorney from Nirina Zubir's mother to transfer names and mortgage some assets, Riri Khasmita was also given the authority to sell other assets. Even in the process of changing the name, Nirina's sister also signed.

"Finta, Nirina Zubir's eldest sister and her husband signed the power of attorney to Riri. We hold that data," said Syakhruddin.

From the results of mortgaging and selling some of those assets, Nirina Zubir and her siblings also enjoyed the results, according to Syakhruddin. "Everyone has received it, only the amount varies, some in cash, some via BCA. And I have evidence of the transfers. It's complete, the transfers to Nirina, everything is there," he said.

"One more thing that needs to be clarified is related to the notary. It is said that our client's group conspired with the notary. That's not true. The one who appointed the notary was the deceased herself, Mrs. Cut, like that. Even when signing the name change, Mrs. Cut came," he added.

1. Prove it in Court

Nirina in a press conference on land embezzlement and forgery at the Jakarta Metro Police © KapanLagi.com/Budy Santoso

Feeling that they have strong evidence, Syakhruddin and his team will prove in court that their client indeed received authorization from Mrs. Nirina Zubir to transfer the names of 6 land and building assets. These assets were used for collateral and sold by testing the authenticity of the signature of the authorizing party, namely Mrs. Nirina Zubir.

"Maybe later I will have the right to bring in experts to test the authenticity of the signature in court," he said.

After explaining the initial version of how their client obtained six assets belonging to the Nirina Zubir family, Putra Kurniadi, Riri Khasmita's other lawyer, said that there are indications that their client was framed in this case. "According to us, yes, because of the lack of knowledge, and then maybe her name was used for buying and selling and entering the bank, there is actually an intention there, because our client actually has a business in Tanah Abang," said Putra Kurniadi.

As is known, Riri Khasmita and her husband Endrianto, as well as three others who work as notaries, have been named as suspects for allegedly conspiring to embezzle land assets belonging to Cut Indria Martini, Nirina Zubir's mother.

(kpl/dan/phi)