Hasto Jalani Today's Court Of Claims In The Case Of Bribery And Opinion Of Investigation

PAW's Bribery Session with the defendant Hasto Kristiyanto at the Jakarta Corruption Court (ANTARA)

The Secretary General (Sekjen) of the PDI-P, Hasto Kristiyanto, will undergo further trials of the alleged bribery case for the management of the replacement between the time (PAW) of the DPR for the 2019-2024 period and the obstruction of Harun Masiku's investigation, today. The agenda is the reading of the demands by the Public Prosecutor.

"We, the team of prosecutors have prepared a letter of demand for Defendant Hasto Kristiyanto and are ready to read it," said KPK prosecutor Rio Vernika Putra, quoted on Thursday, July 3.

However, it was not clearly conveyed about the assessment of the prosecutor's team regarding whether or not the articles charged were fulfilled based on the facts of the trial.

So far, it is only known that the team of prosecutors has presented witnesses and experts to support or prove all the charges against Hasto Kristiyanto.

The witnesses were Hasto, Kusnadi; former KPU member, Wahyu Setiawan, Hasyim Asy'ari, and Arief Budiman; former Bawaslu member, Agustiani Tio Fridelina; former PDI-P cadre, Saeful Bahri; PDI-P lawyer, Donny Tri Istiqomah; former member of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Riezky Aprilia; and others.

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.