The Judicial Commission said on Friday it will look into claims by a disgraced Bekasi judge that many of his colleagues in Jakarta were drug users and often engaged in "drug parties."
"He [Puji Wijayanto] said he often used ecstasy together with other judges in Jakarta," Judicial Commission deputy chairman Iman Anshari Saleh told Detik.com on Friday.
Puji was arrested by the National Narcotics Agency at the aptly named Illigals Hotel and Club in West Jakarta in October with an undisclosed quantity of ecstasy pills and meth.
Iman said Puji told him he often had these parties with judges from the Central Jakarta district court and judges who work for Supreme Court justices.
"But he did not want to say how many judges or name names," Iman added. A Central Jakarta district court judge named Sudjatmiko denied Puji's claims.
"As far as I know, none of my colleagues are using drugs," Sudjatmiko said as quoted by Detik.com. "I'm sure they're all clean. That confession is completely not true. I can guarantee that 100 percent of Central Jakarta district court judges are drug-free. My colleagues and I are ready to be tested, both urine and blood."
Following Puji's arrest, the Judicial Commission and BNN on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding to prevent judges from consuming illegal drugs.
Judicial Commission Chairman Eman Suparman has asked BNN to give urine tests to all judges at all courts in Indonesia, from the district level all the way to the Supreme Court.
"We have to uphold the dignity of Indonesian judges," Eman said as quoted by Hukumonline.com.