South Jakarta District Court Rejects Pretrial Allegations Of Gratification Of KPK Chair Firli Bahuri

JAKARTA - South Jakarta District Court sole judge Afrizal Hadi stated that he did not accept a pretrial lawsuit related to the investigation of Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Firli Bahuri in the alleged case of gratification of the use of helicopter facilities.

"Declare that the petitioner's pretrial application cannot be accepted," said Afrizal Hadi in the trial of the case decision 36/Pid.Pra/2023/PN JKT.SEL at the South Jakarta District Court, quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, May 31.

Afrizal assessed that the investigation into the alleged gratification of the head of the anti-corruption commission was still ongoing and was investigated by the Directorate of Corruption Crime (Dittipidkor) of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Police.

Thus, he said, there was no reason for the judge to grant the lawsuit from the Indonesian Law Enforcement Supervisory and Escort Agency (LP3HI) which suspected that the investigation into the alleged gratification received by Firli Bahuri was stopped.

The Legal Division of the National Police Headquarters representing Kabareskrim as the respondent has brought 14 pieces of letter issued by the Dittipidkor Bareskrim Polri to follow up on allegations of gratification in the form of helicopter facilities received by Firli Bahuri.

The evidence brought in, such as an investigation warrant (sprinlidik) and a task order, was brought to refute any action to stop the investigation of Firli Bahuri's alleged gratification report.

From this evidence, the Legal Division of the National Police Headquarters is of the view that the LP3HI argument considers it not reasonable to stop the illegal material investigation of criminal acts as referred to in Article 12 B of Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning the eradication of criminal acts of corruption.

This is because, until the case of Firli Bahuri's alleged gratification report was sued at the South Jakarta District Court, the investigation process was still being carried out by the Dittipidkor Bareskrim Polri.

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 the investigation of the 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.