Febri Diansyah Says 7 Witnesses Stated That The Source Of Bribes Was Not From Hasto

JAKARTA - PDIP Secretary General (Secretary General) attorney, Hasto Kristiyanto, Febri Diansyah said seven witnesses who had been presented at the trial, none of whom stated that the money for the interim replacement (PAW) for members of the Indonesian House of Representatives for the 2019-2024 period Harun Masiku came from his client.

According to him, the statements of all witnesses actually denied the indictment of the KPK public prosecutor who said Hasto was involved in giving bribes in two stages.

"One by one, the part of the KPK indictment is not proven or contradicts the facts of the trial," Febri told reporters on the sidelines of the trial at the Jakarta Corruption Court, Friday, April 25.

"Starting from the allegations related to the source of the partial funds being Pak Hasto, there was not a single witness who said so," he continued.

Not only that, Febri also mentioned the statement of one of the witnesses, namely, Rahmat Setiawan Tonidaya, who said that Hasto had met with the former KPU Commissioner, Wahyu Setiawan, at the Indonesian KPU Office.

It was emphasized that there was no unlawful act at the meeting which was held at the end of August 2019. This is because it occurred in a series of recapitulations of open plenary meetings of the Indonesian KPU and was accompanied by witnesses from the PDI-Perjuangan.

"Learning secretary general from a party then came to an official meeting and then there was a break and smoke session and then came to Pak Wahyu's place with the other parties," he said.

Therefore, based on the testimony of the seven witnesses, Febri further showed that Hasto Kristiyanto had not violated the law.

"We found strong indications that there was a legitimate and constitutional effort from the PDI-P to submit a judicial review to ask for the MA fatwa and write to the KPU, this is a constitutional event and is the right of a political party," said Febri.

Meanwhile, seven witnesses who have been presented at the trial of the alleged bribery case for the interim replacement (PAW) of members of the Indonesian House of Representatives for the 2019-2024 period Harun Masiku, namely, former Bawaslu Commissioner, Agustiani Tio Fridelina; former KPU Commissioner, Wahyu Setiawan; PDI-P cadre, Saeful Bahri; and PDI-P lawyer Donny Tri Istiqomah.

Then, three other witnesses namely Ilham Yulianto; Rahmat Setiawan; and Patrick Gerrard Masoko.

In this case, Hasto was charged with obstructing the investigation by ordering Harun, through the Aspiration House guard, Nur Hasan, to submerge Harun's cell phone into the water after the incident of arrest by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) against members of the General Election Commission (KPU) for the 2017-2022 period Wahyu Setiawan.

Not only Harun Masiku's cellphone, Hasto is also said to have ordered his aide, Kusnadi, to drown his cell phone in anticipation of forced attempts by KPK investigators.

In addition to obstructing investigations, Hasto was also charged together with advocate Donny Tri Istiqomah; the former convict of the Harun Masiku case, Saeful Bahri; and Harun Masiku gave money amounting to 57,350 Singapore dollars or equivalent to Rp600 million to Wahyu in the 2019-2020 period.

The money is allegedly given with the aim that Wahyu strives for the KPU to approve the request for an interim replacement (PAW) for the Elected Legislative Candidate for the Electoral Region (Dapil) of South Sumatra (Sumsel) I on behalf of the Members of the DPR for the 2019-2024 period Riezky Aprilia to Harun Masiku.

Thus, Hasto is threatened with a crime as regulated in Article 21 and Article 5 Paragraph (1) letter a or Article 13 of Law (UU) Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended and supplemented by Law Number 20 of 2001 in conjunction with Article 65 Paragraph (1) and Article 55 Paragraph (1) 1 jo. Article 64 Paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.