Bribery Nurhadi Arrested By The Corruption Eradication Commission When He Was In An Apartment Owned By A Friend

JAKARTA - Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators arrested the bribe of former Supreme Court Secretary Nurhadi, Hiendra Soenjoto. He is on the run and has been on the wanted list (DPO) since 11 February.

Deputy Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission Lili Pintauli Siregar said that the arrest of Hiendra, who is the Director of PT Multicon Indrajaya Terminal (MIT), started with information conveyed by the public on Wednesday, October 28 yesterday.

"With this information, KPK investigators coordinated with the apartment manager and security officers to scout and wait for the opportunity to enter the apartment unit in question," said Lili in an online press conference broadcast on the KPK RI YouTube account, Thursday, October 29.

Even though he had been lurking since Wednesday afternoon, Lili said that the arrests were only made today at around 08.00 WIB.

"When HS's friend (Hiendra Soenjoto) wanted to take the items in his car, equipped with an arrest and search warrant, investigators witnessed by the apartment manager, security officers, and police immediately went in to arrest HS who was in the unit in question," he explained.

After the arrest, Hiendra and a friend were then carried to the KPK office with a number of evidences, such as two vehicles that were allegedly used to carry out the escape, communication tools, and personal belongings for later investigation.

Furthermore, Hiendra will be detained for the first 20 days at the KPK detention center Pomdam Jaya Guntur branch. However, he will first occupy an isolation cell at the KPK Detention Center, Kavling C1 Branch.

"As an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19," said Lili.

Furthermore, he explained that in the search for this fugitive, the KPK was always assisted by the police. This includes searches in various places around Jakarta and East Java.

Lili also explained that Hiendra was named a bribery suspect after giving money worth Rp45,726,955 through Nurhadi's son-in-law, Rezky Herbiyono. As for this bribe, he gave the case against PT Kawasan Berikat Nusantara (KBN).

For his actions, Hiendra is suspected of violating Article 5 paragraph (1) letter a or letter b subsidiary of Article 13 of Law Number 31 Year 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 Year 2001 concerning Eradication of Corruption jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) 1 in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.