Hasto Kristyanto's Trial, KPK Deploys 12 Prosecutors

PDI-P Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto wears an orange vest for KPK detainees. (Photo: Tsa Tsia/VOI)

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deployed 12 Public Prosecutors (JPU) in the judicial process in the case of alleged interim bribery (PAW) for members of the DPR and the obstruction of investigation with the defendant Secretary General of the PDI Perjuangan, Hasto Kristiyanto.

The deployment of dozens of prosecutors was stated in the Case Investigation Information System (SIPP) data of the Central Jakarta District Court.

Some of the names of the prosecutors assigned to the judicial process include Surya Dharma Tanjung, Rio Frandy, Wawan Yunarwanto, and Greafik Loerte.

The inaugural trial of the registered case number 36/Pid.Sus-TPK/2025/PN Jkt.Pst is scheduled for Friday, March 14.

"The trial is March 14, 2025, at 09.00 WIB until it is finished," reads a statement on the SIPP website of the Central Jakarta District Court, quoted on Saturday, March 8.

In addition, the trial of the alleged bribery case of interim replacement (PAW) members of the DPR and the obstruction of the investigation will take place in the courtroom of Prof. Dr. H. Muhammad Hatta. The agenda is the reading of the indictment by the Public Prosecutor.

Hasto Kristiyanto is known to have been named a suspect by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in the alleged bribery case between time and time (PAW) that ensnared former KPU commissioner Wahyu Setiawan and his fugitive, Harun Masiku.

Not only Hasto, the KPK also named Donny Tri Istiqomah, who is a PDIP cadre and a lawyer as a suspect.

In the development of case handling, Hasto is also a suspect in the obstruction of the investigation. He is suspected of trying to obstruct the legal process, one of which is by asking Harun to damage his cellphone and run away after the hand arrest operation (OTT) was carried out.