KPK Affirms No Elements Of Criminalization And Politization In Hasto Case

Deputy Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Fitroh Rohcahyanto (second from the right) /DOK PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Fitroh Rochahyanto said that the appointment of the Secretary General of the PDI-P (PDIP) Hasto Kristiyanto as a suspect in the bribery case for the management of interim replacement (PAW) members of the DPR and the obstruction of the investigation was not politicization. There are legal facts and evidence that have been pocketed.

This was conveyed by Fitroh in response to Hasto's statement which accused the case of being politicized. There is an impression that the anti-corruption commission targets him.

"I reiterate that the case process is purely based on legal facts and there is absolutely no element of criminalization let alone politicization," Fitroh told reporters in a written statement, Tuesday, February 18.

Similarly, KPK spokesman Tessa Mahardhika also emphasized that the investigation of the case that ensnared Hasto had been carried out by the Deputy for Enforcement and Execution according to procedures. The institution is said to have not carried out politicization.

"We will not enter the realm of politics because it is not a political institution," said a spokesman with the investigator's background.

"KPK, in this case the Deputy for Enforcement, implements law enforcement based on applicable legal procedures and rules, namely sufficient preliminary evidence in determining someone as a suspect," continued Tessa.

Previously reported, PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto accused the KPK of targeting him, who has now been named a suspect in bribery and obstruction to the investigation of the Harun Masiku case. He considered that there was a political interest from one of the KPK investigators, namely Rossa Purbo Bekti, in investigating this case.

Rossa is suspected of intimidating related parties in the law enforcement process.

"Why not only the target, then the processes, to the point of violating without mercy, was carried out by Rossa Purbo Bekti who used the KPK for his narrow interests?" said Hasto at the PDIP DPP office, Central Jakarta, Tuesday, February 18.

Hasto also wondered if any particular party used this case through Rossa to make himself guilty in the Harun Masiku case.

Bearing in mind, the KPK has now named Hasto as a suspect in the bribery and obstruction of the investigation based on the adequacy of the evidence that was only owned from the case 5 years ago.

"On this occasion I asked, who is behind the investigator, Rossa? So that the KPK institution, it looks like other cases, and then this has been re-processed by ignoring the criminal procedural law," said Hasto.