Asked About Harun Masiku's Position, KPK Deputy Chair: No Information Yet

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has yet to arrest the fugitive, Harun Masiku. The whereabouts of the former PDI-P legislative candidate are not even known until now.

"What is clear to the leadership is that there is no information regarding the whereabouts of the person concerned," said KPK Deputy Chair Alexander Marwata to reporters quoted on Friday, December 31.

Alexander said the KPK had tried to ask for help from a number of parties to find Harun, including NCB Interpol. However, until now there has been no information regarding the whereabouts of the former KPU commissioner, Wahyu Setiawan.

"No, not yet (there is information from Interpol, ed)," he said.

Even so, the KPK has repeatedly stated that it will soon arrest Harun Masiku and other fugitives.

It is known that currently the four fugitives are the Corruption Eradication Commission's homework. They are Harun Masiku who has been on the run since 2020; Surya Darmadi who is a fugitive since 2019; Izil Azhar has been a fugitive since 2018; and Kirana Kotama who has been fugitive since 2017.

Recently, the Deputy Chair of the KPK, Nurul Ghufron, said that his party would immediately arrest the fugitives after the COVID-19 pandemic subsided.

"What is clear is that the KPK is committed, not only to Harun Masiku but for all of us, we will immediately carry out arrests after the COVID-19 subsides," said KPK Deputy Chair Nurul Ghufron as quoted from the Indonesian KPK YouTube, Thursday, December 30.

Previously reported, the order to immediately arrest fugitives in corruption cases was conveyed by President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) at the opening of the 2021 World Anti-Corruption Day (Hakordia) event. At that time, he asked suspects who had fled at home and abroad to be pursued.

The arrests need to be made to restore state assets that have been confiscated by perpetrators of corruption. The former governor of DKI Jakarta even reminded that Indonesia has international cooperation agreements with other countries in this regard, including seizing assets belonging to corruptors.

"We also have several international collaborations for the return of assets for criminal acts, legal aid agreements, reciprocity in criminal matters, treats on mutual legal assistance. We have agreed with Switzerland and Russia," he said in front of the KPK chairman. Firli Bahuri and other high-ranking law enforcement officers during the Hakordia memorial at the KPK's Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada.

"They are ready to assist in tracing, freezing, confiscation, and confiscation of assets resulting from criminal acts abroad. Therefore, fugitive corrupt perpetrators can be pursued both at home and abroad, assets hidden by mafia, oil and gas mafia, port mafia , drug mafia, meat mafia, land mafia can continue to be pursued and the perpetrators can be brought to justice," he concluded.