Maskur's Lawyer Was Charged With 10 Years In Prison For Bribery At The KPK

JAKARTA - Maskur Husain as an advocate who is also a colleague of former KPK investigator Stepanus Robin Pattuju was charged with 10 years in prison plus a fine of IDR 500 million, subsidiary of 6 months in prison.

Maskur and Stepanus Robin were found guilty of accepting bribes of Rp. 11.025 billion and US$36 thousand (around Rp.513 million) for a total of Rp. 11.5 billion related to the management of five cases of alleged corruption at the Corruption Eradication Commission.

"Demanding that the panel of judges at the corruption court (Tipikor) declare that the defendant Maskur Husain is proven legally and convincingly guilty of committing a criminal act of corruption together. Sentencing the defendant with a prison sentence of 10 years plus a fine of Rp. 500 million, subsidiary to 6 months in prison, " said KPK public prosecutor (JPU) Lie Putra Setiawan at the Jakarta Corruption Court (Tipikor) quoted by Antara, Monday, December 6.

The claim is based on the first indictment of Article 12 letter a in conjunction with Article 18 of Law No. 31 of 1999 as amended by Law No. 20 of 2001 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph 1 1 in conjunction with Article 65 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code.

"Stipulates that the defendant pay compensation to the state in the amount of Rp. 8,702,500,000 and US$ 36 thousand no later than one month after the court's decision has permanent legal force," added the prosecutor.

If Maskur does not pay the replacement money within one month after the court's decision has permanent legal force, then his assets will be confiscated by the prosecutor and auctioned off to cover the replacement money.

"In the event that the convict does not have sufficient property to pay the replacement money, he will be sentenced to imprisonment for 5 years," added prosecutor Lie.

There are a number of aggravating things in Maskur's actions.

"The aggravating things are, the defendant's actions do not support the government's program in eradicating corruption, the defendant's actions damage the image and dignity of law enforcement officers, especially advocates, the defendant does not admit part of his guilt," said prosecutor Lie.

Meanwhile, the mitigating factors are that Maskur is considered polite during the trial and has never been punished.

Meanwhile, Stepanus Robin Pattuju was sentenced to 12 years in prison plus a fine of IDR 500 million, subsidiary to 6 months in prison. He is also required to pay compensation of Rp.2,322,577,000, a subsidiary of 2 years in prison.

Stepanus Robin and Maskur Husain were assessed by the KPK prosecutors as proven to have received bribes related to five cases at the KPK, namely first receiving a bribe from former Tanjungbalai Mayor M Syahrial in the amount of Rp. .

The Rp1.695 billion money that was handed over in November 2020 - April 2021 was divided in half with the distribution of Rp490 million for Robin and Rp1,205 billion for Maskur Husain.

In the second case, Robin and Maskur received Rp3,099,887,000 and US$36 thousand (approximately Rp513.29 million) or a total value of Rp3,613 billion from the former Deputy Speaker of the DPR from the Golkar Party faction, Azis Syamsudin and the former Deputy Chairperson of PP Generation Muda. Golkar Party (AMPG) Aliza Gunado related to the KPK investigation in Central Lampung.

The money was divided so that Robin received Rp. 799,887,000 while Maskur Husain received Rp. 2.3 billion and US$ 36 thousand.

In the third case, Robin and Maskur received Rp507.39 million from the non-active Mayor of Cimahi, Ajay Muhammad Priatna, who was not involved in the investigation of social assistance cases in Bandung district, Bandung city and Cimahi city.

The money was then divided into two, namely Robin received Rp. 82.39 million while Maskur Husain received Rp. 425 million.

In the fourth case, Robin and Maskur received Rp. 525 million from Usman Effendi, a convict of the corruption case of land use rights in Tenjojaya who is serving a 3 year prison sentence.

The money is divided in half with Robin getting Rp. 252.5 million while Maskur gets Rp. 272.5 million.

In the fifth case, Robin and Maskur received Rp5,197,800,000 from the former Regent of Kutai Kartanegara Rita Widyasari.

The money was then distributed, with details of Robin getting Rp. 697.8 million and Maskur Husain getting Rp. 4.5 billion. Against these demands, Maskur will submit a memorandum of defense (pledoi) on December 20, 2021.