Losing In Pretrial, KPK Ensures Zahir Ali Will Not Escape The Rorotan Land Corruption Case

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said the pretrial decision against Zahir Ali at the South Jakarta District Court (PN) only invalidated the suspect's status. The involvement of the racer in the corruption case of land acquisition Rorotan did not just disappear.

"Praperadilan merupakan mekanisme hukum yang dapat digunakan pihak tersangka untuk menguji proses hukum yang sedang berjalan dari sisi formal," kata Juru Bicara KPK Tessa Mahardhika kepada wartawan dalam keterangannya yang dikutip Rabu, 9 April.

Tessa also said that this kind of lawsuit usually does not mention material matters. "Whether the person concerned has involvement or not," he said.

The South Jakarta District Court (PN) apparently granted Zahir's pretrial. He did not accept it because he was named a suspect in the bribery case for land acquisition Rorotan by the KPK.

"Granted a pretrial application from the applicant for part," wrote the South Jakarta District Court's case tracing information system (SIPP), quoted on Monday, April 7.

In its decision, the judge stated that the investigation warrant and notification of the start of the investigation related to Zahir from the KPK were invalid. Thus, the determination of the suspect is considered invalid and must be repeated.

The judge also stated that the search and confiscation carried out by the KPK contradicted the applicable legal rules. The confiscated goods were requested to be returned to Zahir as the applicant.

The pretrial lawsuit began on February 6. Daniel Ronald became the sole judge in this trial.

Zahir was named a suspect in his capacity as President Director of PT Citratama Inti Persada (CIP). He has also been prevented from leaving the country for six months with 10 other people since June 12, 2024.