The Secretary General (Sekjen) of the PDIP, Hasto Kristiyanto, said that there was a smuggling of facts by investigators from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in the series of cases that ensnared him.
This was conveyed when reading the duplicate to answer the replica of the Public Prosecutor (JPU) at the trial 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 the investigation of Harun Masiku.
The smuggling of facts is because investigators are used as witnesses whose statements are assumptions without any supporting evidence.
"Based on this, investigators who later became internal witnesses of the KPK were proven to have included information in the form of assumptions without the support of valid evidence or testimony of other witnesses. This process, according to the defendant, was referred to as smuggling facts," said Hasto in a trial at the Jakarta Corruption Court, Friday, July 18.
One of the statements of KPK investigators that is considered as an assumption and smuggling of facts is regarding operational funds.
Investigators in this case, Arief Budi Rahardjo, said that there was blessing and the ability to provide bailout funds from Hasto Kristiyanto.
In fact, Hasto said that based on the facts of the trial, witnesses Saeful Bahri and Donny Tri Istiqomah never agreed with Arief Budi Rahardjo's statement which was used as an indictment.
"The legal fact at trial is very clear that related to operational funds, bribery funds, sources of funds, and their use, they are all the creations of Saeful Bahri and Donny Tri Istiqomah with the support of Harun Masiku, and this has never been reported to the defendant," he said.
Therefore, Hasto considered that there was no valid basis for the prosecutor to sue for dim. In fact, the indictment must be put aside and returned to the KPK.
"There is no valid basis for prosecution of the defendant. So that the indictment must be declared unacceptable and the prosecution file is returned to the KPK," said Hasto.
Hasto was charged by the Public Prosecutor (JPU) with imprisonment for 7 years. In addition, the prosecutor also charged Hasto Kristiyanto with a fine of Rp. 600 million. If it is not paid, it will be replaced with a prison sentence of 6 months.
In this case, Hasto was charged 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.
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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.
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