LP3HI Will Sue Bareskrim If Firli Bahuri's Gratification Allegations Do Not Continue

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairperson of the Indonesian Legal Regulation, Control and Enforcement Agency (LP3HI) Kurniawan Adi Nugroho said he would sue the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police again if the investigation of KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri in the alleged case of gratification of the use of helicopter facilities did not continue.

"We will see for six months whether the Bareskrim investigator can raise his status to an investigation and determine suspects or other forced attempts," Kurniawan said as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, May 31.

The statement is related to the pretrial decision of the sole judge of the South Jakarta District Court, Afrizal Hadi, who stated that he did not accept the pretrial lawsuit with case number 36/Pid.Pra/2023/PN JKT.SEL related to the investigation of the Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Firli Bahuri in the case of alleged gratification of the use of helicopter facilities.

LP3HI respects the judge's decision and various judges' considerations. Kurniawan highlighted the judge's statement that pretrial was a mechanism for public control over the investigator's performance.

Kurniawan stated that he did not have a problem if the case he submitted was not a pretrial object. Instead, the lawsuit he submitted was a warning for investigators to provide certainty regarding when the case involving KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri would change status from investigation to investigation.

"So, we'll see later in the six months," said Kurniawan reiterated.

Previously, LP3HI filed a pretrial against the Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police, Monday (10/5). The lawsuit with case number 36/Pid.Pra/2023/PN JKT.SEL questioned the investigation by the Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission Firli Bahuri in the case of alleged gratification of the use of helicopter facilities.

LP3HI assessed that Bareskrim had stopped investigating the a quo case illegally and against the law.

Deputy Chairperson of the Indonesian Law Enforcement, Supervision, and Enforcement Agency (LP3HI) Kurniawan Adi Nugroho assesses that the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police has not named Firli Bahuri as a suspect in alleged gratification since the report from Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) on June 3, 2021.