Hasto Kristiyanto Demanded 7 Years In Prison And A Fine Of Rp600 Million

PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto ahead of the trial at the Jakarta/PHOTO Corruption Court: Rizky Adytia-VOI

The Secretary General of the PDI-P, Hasto Kristiyanto, is believed to be guilty in the alleged case of bribery in the management of the DPR between the 2019-2024 period and the obstruction of Harun Masiku's investigation. The Public Prosecutor (JPU) charged him with imprisonment for 7 years.

"The defendant Hasto Kristiyanto has been sentenced to 7 years in prison," said Prosecutor Wawan Yunarwanto reading out the charges in a trial at the Jakarta Corruption Court, Thursday, June 3.

Not only imprisonment, but the prosecutor also demanded Hasto Kristiyanto with a fine of Rp. 600 million. If not paid, it will be replaced with a prison sentence of 6 months.

"The criminal fine is 600 million subsidiary to imprisonment for 6 months," he said.

The prosecutor gave the claim based on several considerations. For one of the aggravating things, Hasto is considered not to admit his position.

"The defendant's actions did not support the government's program in eradicating corruption, the defendant did not admit his actions," he said.

Meanwhile, for mitigating matters, Hasto is considered to have been polite during the trial process. Then, have family responsibilities and are never punished.

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.