The South Sumatra High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) has named two suspects in the alleged obstruction of investigation or obstruction of justice in the corruption case of the village internet network in Musi Banyuasin (Muba) Regency.
One of the suspects is a lawyer with the initials MO, who allegedly arranged a scenario so that his client could escape the snares of the law.
MO was named a suspect along with the Supreme Court convicted of corruption in the village internet network procurement project for the 2019-2020 fiscal year which has been sentenced by the judge.
This determination was conveyed directly by the Assistant for Special Crimes (Aspidsus) of the South Sumatra Prosecutor's Office, Umaryadi SH MH, at a press conference in Palembang, Monday.
"This is a form of case development. From the results of the investigation, it was revealed that the suspect MO was conditioning so that the Supreme Court, which at that time was one of the corruption suspects, could escape the criminal snares," Umaryadi said as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, June 2.
Based on the results of the examination, MO is suspected of making a scenario as if the Supreme Court was not involved in acts of corruption in the management and installation of the village internet network.
The manipulation scheme was revealed after the South Sumatra Prosecutor's Office investigator team smelled a scenario played by both of them, so the charges made were not actual facts.
"MO and MA are working together to draw up a scenario to cover up the role of the Supreme Court in the corruption project. The goal is clear, so that legal facts in court do not reflect the actual incident," said Umaryadi.
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For their actions, the two suspects are now being held at the Class 1 A Detention Center, Pakjo Palembang for the next 20 days for further legal proceedings.
Both were charged with Article 21 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption which was amended by Law Number 20 of 2001, in conjunction with Article 55 Paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code. Alternatively, they can also be charged with Article 22 of the same law.
These articles regulate criminal threats for parties who deliberately obstruct the legal process, either by hiding facts or affecting the course of investigations and trials.
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