KPK Asks Legawa Attorney General's Office To Hand Over The Pinangki Case

Deputy Chairman of the KPK Nawawi Pomolango at the KPK detention press conference (Photo: KPK Public Relations)

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Nawawi Pomolango hopes that the Attorney General will be relieved to hand over the handling of the alleged gratification case of Attorney Pinangki Sirna Malasari from Djoko Tjandra to his party.

"I am not talking about the concept of 'taking over' a case which is also the authority of the KPK as stipulated in Article 10A uu number 19 of 2019, but rather hope that the initiation of the institution will 'hand over' the handling of the case to the KPK itself," said Nawawi in his statement to reporters, Thursday, August 27.

According to him, since the beginning of this case, cases involving law enforcement should be handled by the KPK. "Because indeed cases with such typology are the 'domain' of the KPK's authority," he said.

However, if in the end the AGO did not hand over the case to the anti-graft agency, Nawawi would also have no problem. Because, according to Law Number 19 of 2019, the KPK can still carry out coordination and supervision in handling cases.

"The KPK still has the supervisory authority, namely to supervise, research, and review all corruption cases currently being handled by other law enforcement agencies," he said.

Previously, the Attorney General's Office investigated the flow of gratification money from Attorney Pinangki Sirna Malasari from Djoko Tjandra, including the suspicion that money was used to buy a BMW car.

To prove this, the Attorney General's office investigated the Sales of PT. Astra International BMW Sales Operation Branch Cilandak Yenny Pratiwi. This examination was carried out on Wednesday, August 26th.

"(Investigation) To find evidence about the flow of funds that had been bought for a BMW car," said Head of the Legal Information Center (Kapuspenkum) at the AGO, Hari Setiyono, Thursday, August 27.

It is known that Attorney Pinangki allegedly received a bribe of 500 thousand US dollars or the equivalent of Rp7 billion from Djoko Tjandra. The money was allegedly given to assist the handling of the cessie case of Bank Bali, Djoko Tjandra.

For his actions, Pinangki was charged with Article 5 letter b of the Corruption Crime Law. In its journey, the AGO will add the alleged article to Pinangki. However, it has not been done so far.