JAKARTA - Former KPK investigator Stepanus Robin Pattuju admitted to committing "tricks" (fraud) related to the management of five cases at the Corruption Eradication Commission.
"When I was questioned by the KPK Supervisory Board, one of them was Mrs. Albertina Ho. During the investigation, Dewas said this to me 'Ooh, so you and Maskur did a trick, huh?' It's the first time I've heard the term deceit or fraud," said Stepanus Robin while reading the memorandum of defense (pleidoi) at the Jakarta Corruption Court (Tipikor), Monday, December 20.
In this case, Stepanus Robin Pattuju is required to be sentenced to 12 years in prison plus a fine of Rp. 500 million, subsidiary to 6 months in prison, plus the obligation to pay compensation to the state in the amount of Rp. 2,322,577,000.00 which if not paid, will be sentenced to 2 years in prison.
"Furthermore, I heard the term deceit when I was examined as a witness against the defendant M. Syahrial when I was being questioned online by the Medan Tipikor Court. After I gave the oath, the panel of judges again said, 'Ooh, you and Maskur did a trick. , said Robin.
Robin said that despite his background as an investigator, when he faced legal problems, Robin admitted that he could not judge himself.
"However, after hearing from the ethics panel and the Medan Tipikor panel of judges, I tried to evaluate the actions that I did. So, I found out that I and Maskur Husain did not become a member of the investigators of these five cases, namely the cases of M. Syahrial, Azis Syamsuddin and Aliza Gunado, Ajay M Priatna, and Usman Effendi and Rita Widyasari," said Robin.
Robin said that his party had no authority in these cases.
"Maskur Husain and I have received the money. However, I have not done anything related to these cases. My actions were mistakes and fraud as stated by the KPK Ethics Council and the Medan Corruption Court," he said.
He continued, "I am very aware of and regret all the actions I have done and I apologize to all parties I have harmed, namely the money givers: M. Syahrial, Azis Syamsuddin and Aliza Gunado, Ajay M. Priatna, and Usman Effendi and Rita Widyasari. "Stepanus Robin and his fellow advocate Maskur Husain received bribes related to five cases at the KPK, namely first receiving a bribe from former Tanjungbalai Mayor M. Syahrial in the amount of Rp. 1.695 billion to secure an investigation into the case of buying and selling positions within the City Government. Tanjungbalai so as not to go to the investigation stage.
In the second case, Robin and Maskur received Rp.3,099,887,000.00 and US$36,000 (around Rp.513.29 million) or a total of Rp.3.613 billion from the former Deputy Speaker of the DPR from the Golkar Party faction, Azis Syamsudin and former Deputy Chairperson of the PP Forces. Young Golkar Party (AMPG) Aliza Gunado is linked to the KPK investigation in Central Lampung.
In the third case, Robin and Maskur received Rp. 507.39 million from the inactive Mayor of Cimahi, Ajay Muhammad Priatna, who was not involved in the investigation of social assistance cases in Bandung Regency, Bandung City and Cimahi City.
In the fourth case, Robin and Maskur received Rp. 525 million from Usman Effendi, a convict of the corruption case of land use rights in Tenjojaya who is serving a 3 year prison sentence.
In the fifth case, Robin and Maskur received Rp5,197,800,000.00 from the former Regent of Kutai Kartanegara Rita Widyasari. This was reported by Antara.
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