Djoko Tjandra Bantah Knows Hasto And Harun Masiku After Being Examined By The KPK

JAKARTA - Entrepreneur Djoko Tjandra admitted that he did not know former PDI-P candidate Harun Masiku after being questioned by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) today, Wednesday, April 8.

This statement was conveyed after being questioned as a witness in the bribery case of the interim replacement process (PAW) for members of the Indonesian House of Representatives for the 2019-2024 period. Djoko was examined until 13.23 WIB since this morning.

"Talk relax, nothing. I don't know Harun Masiku at all," Djoko told reporters at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Wednesday, April 9.

Djoko on that occasion denied helping Harun Masiku. "Just knowing how not to help," he said as he rushed.

He also made the same statement when asked about PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto and PDIP lawyer Donny Tri Istiqomah.

"No, no. Not at all (introducing Hasto Kristiyanto and Donny Tri Istiqomah)," he said.

Meanwhile, KPK spokesman Tessa Mahardhika has not explained the reasons for Djoko Tjandra's investigation. He only explained that the investigation was carried out to complete the case file for Donny Tri Istiqomah, who had not been detained until now and his fugitive, Harun Masiku.

Meanwhile, Djoko Tjandra is a convict of corruption in Bank Bali's collection rights and is involved in the dispute over the case of prosecutor Pinangki Sirna Malasari.

Previously reported, the KPK has not detained two suspects in the bribery case for the interim replacement (PAW) of members of the Indonesian House of Representatives for the 2019-2024 period. They are Donny Tri Istiqomah as lawyers from PDIP and Harun Masiku who are still at large.

Meanwhile, PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto, who was involved in the bribery case, is currently undergoing trial at the Jakarta Corruption Court.

He was charged with intervening the investigation as stipulated in Article 21 of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption, which has been amended by Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 20 of 2001, and Article 65 Paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code. Prosecutors assessed that Hasto played a role in Harun's escape during a hand arrest operation (OTT) in 2020.

It did not stop there, the prosecutor also accused Hasto of being involved in giving bribes to the former KPU Commissioner, Wahyu Setiawan. The Rp600 million bribe was given together by PDIP advocate Donny Tri Istiqomah, PDIP cadre Saeful Bahri, and Harun Masiku through former Bawaslu member Agustiani Tio.

This gift is intended so that Harun can sit as a member of the Indonesian House of Representatives with an interim replacement mechanism.