Witness Extortion Of KPK Detention Center Pays IDR 20 Million To Get Out Of The Isolation Room Quickly

JAKARTA - Witness in the alleged illegal levy (extortion) case of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Detention Center (Rutan) as well as convicted of bribery corruption case, Wahyudin admitted to paying Rp. 20 million to officers of the KPK's Red and White Detention Center to get out of the isolation room quickly.

"I was able to get out of the isolation room early to seven days from the normative 14 days because I met the officers' request," Wahyudin said during a witness examination hearing at the Jakarta Corruption Court (Tipikor) as reported by ANTARA, Monday, October 7.

The isolation room is a place where prisoners are punished if they do not pay or are late in paying the extortion requested by prison officials.

At that time, he said, the prison officers who informed first if they wanted to leave the isolation room early had to pay some money.

Therefore, he also gave the money requested by prison officials because the isolation room he was in was uncomfortable because it was stuffy and hot.

Wahyudin explained that the room was filled with one person every room with a size of 2x3 meters. Every occupant who is detained in the isolation room is not allowed to leave.

"Food is sent into the isolation room, toilets and prayers inside. It's very painful," he said.

In addition to asking for money to leave the isolation room, he mentioned that there was also a request for contributions which were extortion every month at the KPK Detention Center with a range of Rp. 5 million to Rp. 6 million.

In the alleged extortion case at the KPK branch detention center, there were 15 defendants suspected of committing extortion or extortion of detainees worth a total of Rp6.38 billion between 2019 and 2023.

A total of 15 people are referred to, namely the Head of the KPK Detention Center for the 2022 period, 2024 Achmad Fauzi, the Acting Head of the KPK Detention Center for the period 2021 Ristanta, and the Head of Security and Order of the KPK for the period 2018-2022 Hengki.

In addition, there were also officers from the KPK detention center including Eri Angga Permana, Sopian Hadi, Agung Nugroho, Ari Rahman Hakim, Muhammad Ridwan, Mahdi Aris, Suharlan, Ricky Rahmawanto, Wardoyo, Muhammad Abduh, and Ramadan Ubaidillah, who became defendants.

Extortion was carried out by the defendants at three KPK branch detention centers, namely the KPK detention center at Pomdam Jaya Guntur, the KPK detention center at Building C1, and the KPK detention center at the Red and White Building (K4). From each KPK branch detention center, the extortion collected is worth Rp. 80 million per month.

The act was carried out with the aim of enriching the 15 defendants, namely enriching Deden worth IDR 399.5 million, Hengki IDR 692.8 million, Ristanta IDR 137 million, Eri IDR 100.3 million, Sopian IDR 322 million, Achmad IDR 19 million, Agung IDR 91 million, and Ari IDR 29 million.

Furthermore, enriching Ridwan Rp160.5 million, Mahdi Rp96.6 million, Suharlan Rp103.7 million, Ricky Rp116.95 million, Wardoyo Rp72.6 million, Abduh Rp94.5 million, and Ramadan Rp135.5 million.