KPK Ultimatum Dito Mahendra, Ready To Force Pick Up If Absent Again Thursday

KPK/DOK ANTARA/Fianda Sjofjan Rassat

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is ready to forcibly pick up the lover of singer Nindy Ayunda, Dito Mahendra if he is absent again on Thursday, April 6. The entrepreneur will be questioned regarding the alleged money laundering crime (TPPU) that ensnared former Secretary of the Supreme Court (MA) Nurhadi.

"We are also firmly able to make forced efforts so that the person concerned is present to meet the investigative team," said Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri to reporters at the KPK's Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Monday, April 3.

Ali explained that Dito should have been examined as a witness on Friday, March 31. However, he was absent so that investigators rescheduled.

Meanwhile, the Director of KPK Investigation Asep Guntur said Dito's statement was needed because Nurhadi's belongings were in his hands. However, he did not want to specify the item.

"We are looking for (the goods, red), now looking for it. If I mention the goods here, they are already gone," said KPK Investigation Director Asep Guntur to reporters, Thursday, March 30.

As previously reported, investigators searched Dito's residence on Monday, March 13. As a result, investigators found 15 firearms ranging from pistols to long barrels.

The dozens of firearms consisted of five clock-type pistols, one SNW pistol, one micro gimber pistol, and eight long-barreled firearms. Later, the National Police declared this firearm to be partially illegal.

For information, Nurhadi's alleged money laundering is not the first case handled by the KPK. The former Secretary of the Supreme Court has been sentenced to be found guilty in a bribery and gratification case with his son-in-law, Rezky Herbiyono.

Both of them have now served a sentence at the Sukamiskin Penitentiary (Lapas) for six years. They are required to pay a fine of Rp. 500 million, provided that if they are not paid, they will be replaced with imprisonment for three months.