Today's Hasto Session, Cecep Teman Lectures At The Defense University Becomes A Vulnerable Witness

Hasto Kristiyanto/DOK ANTARA PHOTO/Akbar Nugroho Gumay/tom.

JAKARTA - The trial of the alleged bribery case for handling the replacement between the time (PAW) of the DPR for the 2019-2024 period and the obstruction of Harun Masiku's investigation with the defendant PDI-P Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto was again held at the Jakarta Corruption Court today. The legal advisor team presented Cecep Hidayat as a witness.

Cecep Hidayat was a colleague of Hasto Kristiyanto when he studied at the Defense University (IDU).

"Your Excellency, this was presented as a mitigating witness, a friend of college," said Hasto Kristiyanto's attorney, Ronny Talapessy during a trial at the Jakarta Corruption Court, Friday, June 20.

Cecep Hidayat, who is also a political observer from the University of Indonesia (UI), was presented as a mitigating witness for Hasto Kristiyanto.

In this case, Hasto together with advocate Donny Tri Istiqomah, former PDIP cadre Saeful Bahri, and Harun Masiku were charged with giving bribes of Rp 600 million to Wahyu Setiawan (KPU commissioner) in the 2019-2020 period.

This bribe is so that Wahyu seeks the KPU to approve the application of PAW for the South Sumatra Election Candidate (Sumsel) I on behalf of DPR members for the 2019-2024 period Riezky Aprilia to Harun Masiku.

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 KPK OTT incident against 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 was charged with 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 in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.