Harun Masiku's Lawyer Is Questioned By The KPK

Illustrated (Irfan Meidianto / VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) summoned lawyer Harun Masiku, who was a fugitive in the bribery case for the appointment of a member of the Indonesian Parliament, Daniel Tonapa Masiku.

"Daniel is being examined as a witness for the suspect HM (Harun Masiku)," said Acting KPK spokesman for prosecution Ali Fikri to reporters, Tuesday, January 19.

He did not explain further about the substance of the examination. However, Daniel is suspected of knowing about this case because someone who is questioned as a witness is deemed to know, see or hear.

It is known, former PDI Perjuangan legislative candidate Harun Masiku who became a bribe to Deputy Commissioner of the General Election Commission (KPU) Wahyu Setiawan regarding the interim replacement (PAW) of members of the Indonesian Parliament, is still at large since the beginning of the year until now.

As of now, Harun has been a fugitive from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) for a year and it is still unclear where his whereabouts.

This case originated from the hand-catching operation (OTT) that took place on January 8. During the silent operation, a number of people were arrested including the recipient of bribes, namely Wahyu Setiawan and his confidant who is a member of the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) Agustiani Tio Fridelina.

Meanwhile, Harun, as the bribe giver, was reported to have gone abroad since before the OTT was held, or more precisely on January 6, he went to Singapore.

Later, there was confusion that said Harun had returned to Indonesia on January 7 and was confirmed by the Directorate General of Immigration. The system error was the reason why he was not detected to have returned to the Motherland.

Since then, this Wahyu bribe has disappeared under the earth and has made the KPK in the spotlight because until now they have not been able to arrest him.