Picked Up By Force, Azis Syamsuddin Just Kept Quiet, Taken Into The KPK Building

JAKARTA - Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Azis Syamsuddin, was forcibly picked up by the KPK. Azis was silent when he was brought into the KPK.

Azis was seen wearing a long-sleeved batik shirt and wearing a mask, Friday, September 24. Azis made no statement.

KPK chairman Firli Bahuri confirmed this. Firli Bahuri said, Azis Syamsuddin was picked up at his house. However, he did not specify the official residence or private residence of the Golkar politician.

"AS (Azis Syamsuddin) has been identified. Thank God it has been found," Fili told reporters, Friday, September 24.

After finding the whereabouts of Azis Syamsuddin, said Firli, the KPK team invited him to get ready to go to the KPK building. Azis will be investigated for the alleged corruption case in Central Lampung.

"We invite the person concerned to take a bath and prepare first. While waiting for legal counsel," said Firli.

The decision to bring Azis Syamsuddin to the KPK building was based on a negative corona test. "The antigen swab test was negative (COVID-19)," said Firli.

As previously reported, the KPK is currently investigating allegations of bribery in handling cases in Central Lampung. In this case, Azis' name sticks out because he is mentioned in the indictment of a former KPK investigator who brokered the case of Stepanus Robin Pattuju.

In the indictment, Azis and Aliza are said to have given Rp3,099 billion and US$36 thousand. The gift is intended to deal with the bribery case in Central Lampung which is being handled by the KPK.

In addition to this case, the name of this Golkar Party politician is also implicated for his role in introducing Stepanus to the former Kutai Regent Kertanegara Rita Widyasari and the inactive Tanjungbalai Mayor M Syahrial. From that introduction, both of them asked for help from the former police investigator to take care of the case that ensnared them and is being investigated by the KPK.