Today's Hasto Session, Prosecutors Present Riezky Aprilia And Saeful Bahri

JAKARTA The follow-up trial of the alleged bribery and obstruction of investigation with the defendant Secretary General of the PDI-P, Hasto Kristiyanto, was held again today, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at the Jakarta Corruption Court. The Public Prosecutor (JPU) from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has scheduled the summons of two key witnesses at the trial.

The two witnesses presented were Riezky Aprilia, a former member of the Indonesian House of Representatives from the PDIP faction, and Saeful Bahri, a former PDIP cadre and former convict in the same case.

"Today the team of prosecutors will present witnesses Riezky Aprilia and Saeful Bahri," said the KPK prosecutor, Budhi S, in his statement.

In his indictment, Hasto is suspected of being involved with several parties, including Harun Masiku, Saeful Bahri, and advocate Donny Tri Istiqomah, in giving money amounting to 57,350 Singapore dollars or equivalent to Rp600 million to former KPU Commissioner Wahyu Setiawan. The bribe allegedly aims to seek interim replacement (PAW) for elected DPR members from the South Sumatra Election Area I, from Riezky Aprilia to Harun Masiku.

Not only that, Hasto was also charged with obstructing the investigation process. He said he ordered Harun Masiku to destroy evidence in the form of cellphones by submerging them in water, through the intermediary of the PDIP Aspiration House guard, Nur Hasan. A similar instruction was also given to Hasto's aide, Kusnadi, to drown his cell phone as a form of anticipation from the search of KPK investigators.

For his actions, Hasto was charged with a number of corruption criminal articles, namely Article 21 and Article 5 Paragraph (1) letter a or Article 13 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001. He was also subject to provisions in Article 65 Paragraph (1) and Article 55 Paragraph (1) 1 jo. Article 64 Paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.

Today's trial is in the public spotlight because it presents two key figures who have an important role in the construction of the Harun Masiku case who are still at large.