Former MA Secretary Nurhadi Was Arrested By The Corruption Eradication Commission After Becoming A Fugitive

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested one of the fugitives, namely former Secretary of the Supreme Court (MA) Nurhadi and his son-in-law, Rezky Herbiyono. He's been on the run for four months.

Deputy Chairman of the KPK, Nawawi Pomolango, said that Nurhadi and his son-in-law were arrested at a house in South Jakarta.

"Thanks and appreciation to fellow investigators and other related units who have continued to work until they succeeded in arresting NHD (Nurhadi) and her son-in-law RH," Nawawi told reporters via text message, Monday, June 1.

After being arrested, Nurhadi was then taken to the KPK's Red and White House for further investigation and further announcements would be made on Tuesday, June 2.

Nawawi said this arrest was proof that the KPK continued to work in handling the case that ensnared Nurhadi and Rezky.

Nurhadi and his son-in-law were named by the KPK as suspects in the alleged bribery and gratuity case of Rp46 billion. The suspect was named when the KPK was still chaired by Agus Rahardjo.

"After observing the facts that developed in the investigation and trial, the KPK found sufficient preliminary evidence in bribery cases related to the handling of cases carried out around 2015-2016 and gratuities related to office and contrary to their duties and obligations which were not reported in the maximum term. 30 working days to the KPK, "said KPK Deputy Chairperson Saut Situmorang in a press conference for determining the suspect in December 2019.

The bribe is suspected to be related to the processing of civil cases at the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, regarding gratuities, Nurhadi is suspected of receiving prizes related to the handling of land dispute cases at the cassation level and a judicial review at the Supreme Court.

"So, overall NHD (Nurhadi) through RHE (Rezky Herbiyono) has received promises in the form of 9 checks from PT MIT as well as bribes or gratuities totaling Rp46 billion," said Saut.

After being named suspects, the KPK then included Nurhadi and his nephew on the KPK's wanted list (DPO) for being absent from the investigators' summons.

"The suspects who after being summoned twice as suspects, namely NH, et al, were absent or absent from the summons of KPK investigators, so we convey that the KPK has published a wanted list, DPO," said Acting KPK spokesman Ali Fikri to reporters at his office.

Apart from Nurhadi and his son-in-law, the KPK also included another suspect in the search list, namely Hiendra Soenjoto who is the Director of PT Multicon Indrajaya Terminal (MIT).

When Nurhadi became a fugitive and was in pursuit, the Indonesian Anti-Corruption Society (MAKI) once said that the former MA Secretary ordered someone else to exchange Rp3 billion at a money changer in Jakarta.

"Earlier this week I received the latest information received regarding Nurhadi's traces in the form of a place to exchange foreign money into rupiah," said MAKI Coordinator Boyamin Saiman last May.

He said there were two locations where Nurhadi used to exchange the dollars he had, namely in the Cikini and Mampang areas. Every week, said Boyamin, Nurhadi exchanged money twice around Rp1 billion for everyday life.

"And on weekends there are more, around Rp1.5 billion for construction workers' salaries and salaries for guards," he said.

Apart from Boyamin, Chairman of the Indonesian Police Watch (IPW) Presidium Neta S Pane also stated that Nurhadi had been tracked down in a number of mosques.

"The former Secretary General of the Supreme Court, Nurhadi, was tracked down five times during the midday prayer. However, the fugitive from the KPK managed to escape when he was about to be arrested. IPW sources said that the KPK, assisted by the National Police, continued to try to arrest Nurhadi," said Neta.

He then said, Nurhadi moved around the mosque to carry out the duha prayer. "At least five mosques have been monitored. The source is optimistic that Nurhadi will soon be caught. IPW hopes that Nurhadi can be caught before Lebaran, so that it can become an Eid gift from the KPK for the community," he concluded.