JAKARTA - The attorney for the Secretary-General of the PDIP, Hasto Kristiyanto, Patra M. Zen emphasized that there is no mutual relationship that is beneficial for his client if he is involved in a series of alleged criminal acts charged.
He conveyed this 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.
"We emphasize that there is no reciprocal relationship that provides benefits for the defendant related to the bribery incident and or hinders the investigations charged and prosecuted," Patra said during a trial at the Jakarta Corruption Court, Friday, July 18.
In this case, Hasto is said to have never benefited from anything, either money, position or otherwise. So, it is illogical if a party secretary general is involved in a crime that is not profitable in any element.
"In this case there is no money, position, or influence that can make the defendant willing to be involved in this incident," he said.
In fact, Patra stated that Hasto was the party most harmed. This is because his ignorance of the series of alleged bribery and obstruction of the investigation that was charged resulted in the loss of office as secretary general of the party.
Meanwhile, the only parties who benefit from the series of alleged criminal acts are Harun Masiku and Saeful Bahri. Both will get personal gains.
"The defendant who became the party most harmed by the crime. It is a wrong act, if the defendant has no motive and it is impossible if his strategic position as Secretary General of the PDI-P becomes threatened," he said.
"Then it is used as the party that must be charged with being responsible for Harun Masiku's mistakes," continued Patra.
For this reason, Patra asked the panel of judges to pay attention to the elements of having no motive or advantage for Hasto Kristiyanto being involved in a criminal act.
"We again appeal to the Honorable Panel of Judges to be able to pay serious attention to the absence of a motive from the Defendant and to re-understand that the defendant has no motive for committing a criminal act as charged and prosecuted," said Patra.
Hasto is known to be charged with imprisonment for 7 years. In addition, the prosecutor also charged Hasto Kristiyanto with a fine of Rp600 million. If 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.
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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.
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