Hasto's Staff Admits They Had Received Harun Masiku's Examination Document Via WhatsApp

JAKARTA - The PDIP DPP Secretariat staff, Kusnadi, stated that they had received a WhatsApp message containing documents or examination files for Harun Masiku.

This statement was conveyed by Kusnadi when he was a witness at the trial of the alleged bribery case for the interim replacement (PAW) of the DPR and the obstruction of investigation with the defendant Secretary General of PDIP Hasto Kristiyanto.

Initially Kusnadi said that he received the whatsapp message on June 10, 2024. The sender of the message was a cellphone number named Sri Rejeki Hastomo.

"Here, on the 10th there is a document that you received from Sri Rejeki Hastomo, the document name is the file called the KPK examination. Have you ever received it?" asked the prosecutor during a trial at the Jakarta Corruption Court, Thursday, May 8.

"It's not clear, sir, the screenshot, sir," replied Kusnadi.

"Well, there is a file called the KPK examination. Have you ever received it?" said the prosecutor.

"Yes, if there is, it means there is," said Kusnadi.

The man who is also a staff member of Hasto admitted that the file written from the KPK had never been opened. So, the prosecutor responded to the statement by questioning him regarding the intention of Sri Rejeki Hastomo to send the file that reads the KPK to Kusnadi.

"Have you ever opened the file? Have you ever opened its contents?" asked the prosecutor.

"The contents are not," said Kusnadi.

The prosecutor then read out Kusnadi's investigation report (BAP) regarding the examination letter from the KPK. In the letter, it was written that the file belonged to the fugitive Harun Masiku case.

"Nggak pernah lihat? Ini saudara menjelaskan di BAP nomor 26 di poin D. Di poin D ini dokumen pemeriksaan KPK HM tersebut berisi pemeriksaan KPK terkait HM, yaitu mengenai pemanggilan Hasto Kristiyanto dalam perkara Harun Masiku, namun saya tidak pernah membaca dokumen tersebut. Benar?," tegas jaksa.

"That's right," said Kusnadi.

"Here you can explain containing the KPK examination related to HM. Who is this HM ?," said the prosecutor.

"Yes, HM is right, it's viral, right? HM, Harun Masiku," explained Kusnadi.

"Harun Masiku. How can you know? You did not open the document, but you could know the contents related to the KPK examination related to HM, how did you know?," said the prosecutor.

"Yes, sir," said Kusnadi.

"Yes, it was said earlier that you did not read the contents of the document. Yes, right? But you can explain that it contains an examination by the KPK related to HM. Regarding Harun Masiku. Do you know where it came from?" asked the prosecutor asserted.

"Just the summons, sir," said Kusnadi.

"How?" asked the prosecutor.

"Just those who were summoned," said Kusnadi.

In the alleged bribery case, Hasto was jointly charged 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.

In addition, Hasto was also 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 Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested 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.

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.