Mayor Of Tanjungbalai Bribery Stepanus 'Case Broker' Immediately Tried In Medan Corruption Court

JAKARTA - Prosecutors from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) have transferred the files of the defendant Tanjungbalai Mayor, M Syahrial, to the Medan Corruption Court, North Sumatra.

"KPK Prosecutor Agus Rahardja has handed over the case file for Defendant M Syahrial", KPK Spokesperson for Prevention, Ipi Maryati told reporters, Wednesday, June 30.

After being handed over, the detention of M Syahrial, who was the briber of former KPK investigator Stepanus Robin Pattuju, was transferred to the authority of the Medan Corruption Court. However, for now, he is still being placed in the KPK Detention Center Lot C1.

Ipi said that currently, the KPK prosecutor was just waiting for the schedule for reading the indictment.

"Furthermore, we are waiting for the appointment of the Panel of Judges and the determination of the day of the trial with the first agenda, namely the reading of the indictment by the prosecutor's team", she said.

Ipi explained that this case was transferred to the Medan Corruption Court due to the consideration of the public prosecutor. One of them is because the process of preparing and giving money is carried out in the jurisdiction of the court.

"Some of the prosecutor's considerations, among others, are based on the incident that the process of preparing and giving money, including through bank transfers, was carried out by the suspect in Tanjungbalai City, Medan", she said.

In this case, Syahrial was first charged with Article 5 paragraph (1) letter a of the Anti-Corruption Law in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code. Second, Article 5 paragraph (1) letter b of the Anti-Corruption Law in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code or the third Article 13 of the Anti-Corruption Law in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.

As previously reported, the KPK has named Stepanus Robin Pattuju who is the investigator, a lawyer named Maskur Husain, and the Mayor of Tanjungbalai, M. Syahrial, as suspects in the alleged bribery case handling the sale and purchase of positions at the Tanjungbalai City Government.

Stepanus Robin Pattuju and Maskur Husain are suspected of having received bribes from M. Syahrial for IDR 1.3 billion from an agreement of IDR 1.5 billion. The bribe was given so that Stepanus would help stop the investigation into the alleged sale and purchase of positions in Tanjungbalai, which the KPK is currently investigating.

In addition to bribes from Syahrial, Maskur Husain is also suspected of receiving IDR 200 million from other parties. Meanwhile, Stepanus from October 2020 to April 2021 was also suspected of receiving money from other parties through bank account transfers in the name of Riefka Amalia, amounting to IDR 438 million.

This case also dragged the name of the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Azis Syamsuddin. He is said to have facilitated the introduction of Syahrial and Stepanus at his official residence.

As for Azis, he knew Stepanus, allegedly because of his aide. The KPK said that the Golkar Party politician's aide came from the same institution as Stepanus, namely the Bhayangkara Corps.