JAKARTA - Investigator of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Arif Budi Raharjo stated that there was no direct order from the Secretary General (Sekjen) of the PDIP Hasto Kristyanto to Harun Masiku to run away.
He made this statement when he was presented as a witness in the case of alleged bribery for interim replacement (PAW) members of the DPR and the obstruction of investigation.
Arif was initially questioned by Maqdir Ismail who was a member of a legal advisory team from Hasto Kristiyanto regarding the wiretapping results of Harun Masiku's cellphone.
"Is there a direct conversation between Hasto and Harun about what Harun should do?" asked Maqdir during a trial at the Jakarta Corruption Court, Friday, May 16.
"Nothing, so there was a direct conversation with Nur Hasan with Harun Masiku," replied Arif.
Maqdir then asked a further question by asking for confirmation of whether there was communication between Hasto Kristiyanto and Harun Masiku. Arif stated that there was no such matter.
"I didn't ask Nur Hasan, I asked whether or not there was a conversation between the defendant (Hasto) and Harun Masiku which was recorded or what you heard or what the team recorded and then listened to?" asked Maqdir again.
"Not directly," replied Arif
"Not directly or not?" said Maqdir.
"There was a conversation between Nur Hasan and Harun Masiku quoting the word 'father'," replied Arif.
Hearing this statement, Maqdir seemed dissatisfied and again asked Arif if the investigator had evidence of Hasto's communication with Harun Masiku.
In addition to the answers submitted not straightforwardly, the KPK prosecutor presented Arif as a fact witness to prove the involvement of his client in the obstruction ambassador to the investigation of the Harun Masiku case.
"What I asked about the conversation between Hasto, who is now charged with obstruction to the investigation, was that you were presented to prove the challenge, was there?" asked Maqdir.
"Immediately not," said Arif.
In the alleged bribery case, Hasto was jointly charged with advocate Donny Tri Istiqomah; the former convict of the Harun Masiku case, Saeful Bahri; and Harun Masiku gave money amounting to 57,350 Singapore dollars or equivalent to Rp600 million to Wahyu in the 2019-2020 period.
The money is allegedly given with the aim that Wahyu seeks the KPU to approve an interim replacement request (PAW) for the Elected Legislative Candidate for the Electoral Region (Dapil) of South Sumatra (Sumsel) I on behalf of DPR Members for the 2019-2024 period Riezky Aprilia to Harun Masiku.
In addition, Hasto was also charged with obstructing the investigation by ordering Harun, through the Aspiration House guard, Nur Hasan, to submerge Harun's cell phone into the water after the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested members of the General Election Commission (KPU) for the 2017-2022 period Wahyu Setiawan.
Not only Harun Masiku's cellphone, Hasto is also said to have ordered his aide, Kusnadi, to drown his cell phone in anticipation of forced attempts by KPK investigators.
Hasto is threatened with a crime as regulated in Article 21 and Article 5 Paragraph (1) letter a or Article 13 of Law (UU) Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended and supplemented by Law Number 20 of 2001 in conjunction with Article 65 Paragraph (1) and Article 55 Paragraph (1) 1 jo. Article 64 Paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.
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