Jakarta – Seven ad hoc corruption judges complained that the Supreme Court had not paid their salaries and housing allowance for two months.

"We met chief justice Harifin Tumpa who assured us that our salaries and allowances would be disbursed as soon as possible," one of the judges, Daniel Panjaitan, was quoted as saying by news portal detik.com.

He added that Harifin had argued that the funds allocated for salaries and allowances had not been released by the state due to administrative problems.

The judges from Bandung, Surabaya and Semarang arrived at the Supreme Court on Wednesday.

An ad hoc corruption judge receives a salary of Rp 13 million (US$1,440) a month and Rp 25 million a year in housing allowance.

In December last year, the Supreme Court selected 82 ad hoc judges to serve the newly established regional Corruption Courts in the three cities.