KPK Investigator Bullying Of Witness In Bansos Bribery Case: 'Luckily KPK, I Made Lu Crippled At The Polsek'

JAKARTA - The Supervisory Board of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has imposed sanctions on two investigators from the anti-corruption commission, namely Mochamad Praswad Nugraha and Muhammad Nor Prayoga.

Sanctions were given because they were found guilty of harassment and bullying of witnesses in the COVID-19 social assistance (bansos) bribery case, Agustri Yogasmara.

These two investigators have violated the Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct as regulated in Article 6 Paragraph (2) letter b of Supervisory Board Regulation Number 2 of 2020 concerning Enforcement of the KPK Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct.

"Stating that one examinee, Mochammad Praswad Nugraha and two, Muhammad Nor Prayoga, are guilty of violating the code and code of conduct in the form of bullying and harassment of other parties," said a member of the KPK Supervisory Board who is also the Chair of the Ethics Council Judges, Harjono in a statement. online trial, Monday, July 12.

As a result of his actions, Praswad was sentenced to a 10 percent salary cut for six months. Meanwhile, Nor Prayoga was given a light sanction in the form of a written warning with a sentence of three months.

During the trial, the KPK Supervisory Board explained the chronology of the bullying carried out by the two against Yogas, who is often referred to as an intermediary for DPR RI member Ihsan Yunus.

The incident occurred on two different occasions, namely during a search at Yogas' residence on January 12 and during an examination at the KPK Red and White House the day after or January 13.

At Yogas' residence, the KPK Supervisory Board said that the bullying was carried out verbally with various words conveyed.

"Who are you? Who are you? Until someone came here to buy 3 million packages," said the KPK Supervisory Board imitating Praswad's statement.

"This is sir, this ignorant person, you are holding 3,600,000 packages, crazy, suddenly people in Indonesia bought 3,600,000 packages for you, what crazy, who are you? this person is crazy, this person is crazy, what are you when you come... ucuk-ucuk, are you crazy, come and ask for a package, do you realize that you have been really stupid for half an hour, I'll tell this person, people This is crazy," Praswad said to the RT head at Yogas' residence as imitated by the supervisory board during the trial.

In addition to words, the two investigators also showed intimidating body language such as lifting their feet, pointing at witnesses to pointing at their own temples while saying, 'think!' and a number of other gestures.

This bullying was also mentioned by the KPK Supervisory Board during an examination at the KPK, precisely on the 2nd floor of the KPK Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta on January 13 last.

At that time, these two investigators again made a number of intimidating statements such as 'this must go to jail', 'hey you, if this is the police station, I made you limp, right, fortunately you met me at the KPK'.

Not only that, both of them also showed an intimidating attitude as if they were going to throw something at Yogas.

All of these facts are supported by witness statements, namely Yogas and a number of parties who have been examined. In addition, the supervisory board has also examined the evidence related to this incident.

This decision was taken at the Assembly Deliberation Meeting on Wednesday, June 30 by Harjono as chairman of the assembly, Albertina Ho and Syamsuddin Haris as members of the assembly.

Previously reported, Yogas, who is a witness in the social assistance bribery case, reported two KPK investigators for committing unpleasant acts and in the process of being searched.

In the case of the COVID-19 social assistance bribery case, Yogas' name is also often mentioned as the operator of one of the members of the Indonesian House of Representatives allegedly involved, namely Ihsan Yunus.

He is even said to have received a number of gifts, including two Brompton bicycles from the private sector, namely Harry Van Sidabukke.