The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Will Coordinate With The National Police To Examine Dito Mahendra In The Money Laundering Case Of The Former Secretary Of The Supreme Court

Dito Mahendra/DOK PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will coordinate with the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police to examine the lover of singer Nindy Ayunda, Dito Mahendra. This examination relates to the investigation of the alleged money laundering crime (TPPU) of the former Secretary of the Supreme Court (MA) Nurhadi.

"We will coordinate with Bareskrim Polri, to ask for information from Dito Mahendra regarding the case we are handling," Acting Deputy for Enforcement and Execution of the KPK, Asep Guntur, told reporters, Saturday, December 9.

Asep has not specified when the coordination will be carried out. However, investigators need Dito's statement to make clear the money laundering allegedly committed by Nurhadi.

Moreover, the KPK has several times summoned Dito as a witness. Of this number, only once the entrepreneur has fulfilled the summons while the rest are absent, including in March.

In addition, investigators have also searched Dito's house. As a result, a number of illegal firearms were found whose cases were handed over to the police until he was named a suspect and fugitive.

Previously, investigators from the Directorate of General Crimes (Dittipidum) of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police had detained the suspect in the possession of the illegal firearms of Dito Mahendra. The detention was carried out after he was arrested in Bali, Friday, September 8.

As for the alleged money laundering committed by Nurhadi, this is not the first case handled by the KPK. The former Secretary of the Supreme Court has been sentenced to be found guilty in a bribery and gratification case with his son-in-law, Rezky Herbiyono.

Both of them have now served a sentence at the Sukamiskin Penitentiary (Lapas) for six years. They are required to pay a fine of Rp. 500 million, provided that if they are not paid, they will be replaced with imprisonment for three months.