Hasto's Camp About 'Ok Sip', Doesn't Mean Agreeing

JAKARTA - The attorney for the Secretary General of the PDI-P (PDIP) Hasto Kristiyanto, Ronny Talapessy, said that the context of the 'ok-sip' conveyed by his client in a conversation with Saeful Bahiri did not mean agreeing.

The conversation was known about Saeful Bahri who informed that he had received Rp850 million from Harun Masiku.

"If the secretary general says 'oke sip', it doesn't mean he agrees," said Ronny at the trial at the Jakarta Corruption Court, Thursday, June 12.

In addition, Ronny also said that the meaning of the 'ok sip' had been directly confirmed to Saeful Bahri at the previous trial.

As a result, Hasto did not approve of the bribery attempt behind Harun Masiku's PAW application. In fact, the Secretary General of the PDIP was angry when he heard about the bribery attempt.

"Because it was proven that the secretary general had scolded Saeful regarding the bribery attempt to the KPU commissioner," he said.

Moreover, during the conversation, Hasto was busy with more important matters, one of which was the 2019 Presidential Election (Pilpres). So, he did not focus on the issue of pelegan.

"The Secretary General is very busy, there are many things that are taken care of, not only the problem of dismissal, the 2019 presidential election was taken care of by Jokowi and Ma'ruf at that time. So there are a lot of things to do," said Ronny.

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 seeks the KPU to approve an interim replacement request (PAW) for the Elected Legislative Candidate for the Electoral Region (Dapil) of South Sumatra (Sumsel) I on behalf of DPR Members 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.