BAP Witness Read By Prosecutor In Front Of Judge: The One Who Actively Asked For Help Is Aziz Syamsuddin, Not Me

Advocate Maskur Husain is a witness for the defendant former Deputy Speaker of the DPR Azis Syamsuddin at the Corruption Court (Tipikor) Jakarta, Monday (20/12/2021). (ANTARA/Desca Lidya Natalia)

JAKARTA - Advocate Maskur Husain has denied extortion and fraud against former Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives Muhammad Azis Syamsuddin related to case management at the KPK.

"We read the information at point 49. I can explain that Stepanus Robin Pattuju and I did not extort and deceive Muhammad Azis Syamsuddin regarding the management of the Azis Syamsuddin case because at that time around August 2020 Azis Syamsuddin through Stepanus Robin Pattuju asked Stepanus Robin Pattuju and I (Maskur Husain is escorting or managing the Azis Syamsuddin case related to Central Lampung which is being handled by the KPK," said KPK Public Prosecutor Lie Putra Setiawan at the Corruption Court (Tipikor) Jakarta, Monday.

Lie read the Minutes of Investigation (BAP) belonging to Maskur Husain who was a witness for the defendant Azis Syamsuddin who was charged with giving bribes worth Rp. 3.099 billion and US$36 thousand for a total of around Rp. 3.619 billion to former KPK investigator Stepanus Robin Pattuju and lawyer Maskur Husain. the management of the KPK investigation in Central Lampung.

"Stepanus Robin Pattuju's capacity as a KPK investigator so that the first person who actively asked for help to take care of the M Azis Syamsuddin case related to Central Lampung was Azis Syamsuddin's brother himself, not my initiative," added prosecutor Lie reading out Maskur's BAP.

According to Maskur, in his statement during the investigation, he learned from Stepanus Robin that the first person who asked for help to guard or manage the Azis Syamsuddin case related to Central Lampung was Azis Syamsuddin's brother himself, not Stepanus Robin.

"Is it true? What I read is wrong?" asked prosecutor Lie.

"Earlier, the Prosecutor stated there that all the information that was presented to me in the BAP was the information that was revealed and said by Robin himself, so I only quoted what he said," said Maskur.

"Did you change the sentence of Robin's brother in this BAP statement?" asked prosecutor Lie.

"I did not change," replied Maskur.

"That's what Robin's brother said, so you pour it over?" asked the prosecutor.

"Yes," replied Maskur. "Still with this description?" asked prosecutor Lei.

"I'm sticking with the description because that's all the information that Robin gave me," replied Maskur.

Maskur currently has the status of a defendant who received bribes related to the management of five cases at the KPK. Maskur was sentenced to 10 years in prison plus a fine of IDR 500 million, subsidiary of 6 months in prison, while former KPK investigator Stepanus Robin Pattuju was sentenced to 12 years in prison plus a fine of IDR 500 million, subsidiary of 6 months in prison.