KPK Officially Stops Investigations Of The BLBI Case

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has officially stopped investigating the corruption case with the issuance of the Bank Indonesia Liquidity Assistance Certificate (BLBI) which ensnared Sjamsul Nursalim and his wife, Itjih Nursalim and Syafruddin Arsyad Tumenggung.

This is the termination of the first case investigation carried out by the KPK after the implementation of the Corruption Eradication Commission Law Number 19 of 2019.

"We announce the termination of the investigation regarding the alleged corruption crime committed by the suspect SN (Sjamsul Nursalim) as the controlling shareholder of Bank Dagang Nasional (BDNI) and ISN (Itjih Sjamsul Nursalim), together with SAT (Syafruddin Arsyad Tumenggung) as chairman of IBRA, "Deputy Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission Alexander Marwata said in a press conference broadcast on the KPK RI YouTube account, Thursday, April 1.

He said that this termination was based on the provisions in the KPK Law Number 19 of 2019 Article 40.

"The termination of this investigation is in accordance with the provisions of Article 40 of the Corruption Eradication Commission Law as part of law enforcement, so in every case handling will always comply with the applicable legal rules," he said.

Alex also said that the issuance of the Letter of Termination of Case Investigation (SP3) was also carried out as a form of providing legal certainty in accordance with applicable regulations.

"As mandated by Article 5 of the Corruption Eradication Commission Law, namely in carrying out its duties and authorities the KPK is based on the principle of legal certainty," he said.

In this case, the KPK has been investigating since October 2, 2017. At that time, one of the suspects, Syafruddin Arsyad Tumenggung, who was the former chairman of IBRA, had undergone a first instance court. Furthermore, in accordance with decision Number 39 / Pidsus-TPK / 2018 / PN.JKT.PST, Syafruddin was sentenced to 13 years in prison and a fine of IDR 700 million.

However, he appealed to the High Court and finally his sentence became 15 years and a fine of Rp1 billion. Not receiving it, Syafruddin then submitted an appeal to the Supreme Court.

Then, on July 9, 2019, the Supreme Court granted Syafruddin the appeal that canceled the verdict at the previous court. Even though he has submitted a review, the application was rejected.

Furthermore, from the existing decision the KPK then asked for the opinion and statement of a criminal law expert and in essence, it was concluded that there were no more legal remedies that could be taken by the KPK.

Therefore, based on Article 11 of the Corruption Eradication Commission Law Number 19 of 2019, the KPK concluded that the conditions in this case were not fulfilled.

"The Corruption Eradication Commission concluded that the conditions for the actions of State Administrators in the case were not fulfilled while the SN and ISN suspects had the capacity to participate in the act together with the SAT as state administrators," he said.

"So the KPK decided to stop investigating the case on behalf of the SN and ISN suspects," he concluded