Rossa Purbo's Testimony Alludes To Febri Diansyah: Ex-KPK Employees Join Exposes To Flat Pointers In The Hasto PAW Bribery Case

PAW's bribery trial with the defendant Hasto Kristiyanto at the Corruption Court, Thursday 9 May 2025 (Rizky AP/VOI)

JAKARTA - Investigators from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Rossa Purbo Bekti, alluded to the involvement of former KPK employees in disclosing the alleged bribery case for interim replacement (PAW) members of the DPR. The former employee is now joined as the attorney for the defendant Hasto Kristiyanto.

Rossa conveyed this satire when giving testimony as a witness in the trial of the alleged PAW bribery case and the obstruction of the investigation at the Jakarta Corruption Court, Friday, May 9.

"Good Mr. Rossa, we will next refer to him as a witness. Please keep his spirits up, his emotions too. Tell him what they are and reveal the truth. Has the witness long joined the KPK as an investigator?" asked the prosecutor.

"Before answering, I was given permission to convey that there were former KPK employees who at that time participated in the exposure of this case. He even signed the attendance list, gave advice, compiled case points, and is now part of the defendant's legal advisory team. In our opinion, it is a conflict of interest," said Rossa.

Rossa's statement was immediately responded to by a member of Hasto's legal team, Ronny Talapessy.

"What do you mean?" asked Ronny, who was later divorced by the judge.

"Thank you Your Majesty. We hope that this trial will run with good quality, not just based on assumptions or narratives that discredit someone or the defendant," added Ronny.

It is known that one of Hasto's lawyers who is a former KPK employee is Febri Diansyah. While still working at the KPK, Febri had served as a spokesman for the institution.

In this case, Hasto was charged with advocates Donny Tri Istiqomah, Saeful Bahri, and Harun Masiku. They are suspected of giving money amounting to 57,350 Singapore dollars or around Rp600 million to Wahyu Setiawan, a member of the KPU for the 2017 period 2022, in the 2019' 2020 period.

The money was given so that Wahyu could help make the KPU agree to the PAW application of elected DPR members from the South Sumatra I electoral district, Riezky Aprilia, to Harun Masiku.

Not only that, Hasto was also charged with obstructing the investigation. He is said to have ordered Harun, through the guardian of the Aspiration House named Nur Hasan, to submerge his cell phone into the water after the KPK's arrest operation. Hasto is also said to have ordered his aide, Kusnadi, to drown another cellphone as an anticipatory measure from the confiscation of investigators.

For his actions, Hasto was charged with violating Article 21 and Article 5 paragraph (1) letter a or Article 13 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption, which has been amended by Law Number 20 of 2001. He was also charged with Article 65 paragraph (1), Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st, and Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.