JAKARTA - The Indonesian Law Enforcement, and Supervisory Agency (LP3HI) appreciates the legal division of the Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim) of the National Police being present at the trial of the alleged helicopter facility gratification of the Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Firli Bahuri.
The Head of Bareskrim (Kabareskrim) as the previous respondent has been absent twice in this trial. "It is necessary to express his appreciation to Bareskrim who at today's trial can lower his legal division to attend the trial," said Deputy Chairperson of LP3HI Kurniawan Adi Nugroho after the trial at the South Jakarta District Court (PN), Tuesday, May 23, was confiscated by Antara.
In today's pretrial hearing, Kurniawan conveyed the main subject of the case, namely asking Bareskrim to continue the investigation in the form of naming Firli Bahuri as a suspect in the crime of gratification and handing over the case file to the public prosecutor (JPU). "Our request is to state that Bareskrim has stopped the investigation and we ask the respondent to immediately identify the suspect and hand over the file to the public prosecutor," said Kurniawan. LP3HI assessed that Bareskrim had stopped investigating the a quo case illegally and against the law. The reason, said Kurniawan, Bareskrim did not name Firli Bahuri as a suspect in the alleged gratification since the Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) report on June 3, 2021.
"As long as there is no announcement from Bareskrim stating that the reported party, in this case Mr. Firli, is a suspect, so we consider Bareskrim to have stopped the investigation secretly," he said. Kurniawan explained that the pretrial trial will resume tomorrow, Wednesday, May 24. The trial will have an agenda for reading the answers from the respondent and submitting written evidence and witnesses by the petitioner.
Meanwhile, the reading of the verdict, he continued, will be held on May 31, 2023. "The procedure today is the reading of the application, then, tomorrow is the answer (from the Criminal Investigation Unit); still the answer first. Then, we will submit written evidence and one witness. Well, after that, only Thursday is evidence from the Criminal Investigation Department. Friday conclusion. Then, May 31 the verdict," said Kurniawan.
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LP3HI is known to have filed a pretrial against the Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police. The lawsuit with Case Number 36 / Pid.Pra / 2023 / PN JKT.SEL questioned Firli Bahuri's investigation in the alleged case of gratification of the use of helicopter facilities.
Previously, the Indonesian Anti-Corruption Society (MAKI) had also reported Firli Bahuri to the KPK Supervisory Board (Dewas) for the case.
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Council decided that Firli Bahuri had violated the code of ethics and was given a light sanction in the form of a written warning II for using a helicopter on his way to South Sumatra and on his return to Jakarta in June 2020.
"The trial declares the examinee guilty of violating the code of ethics, does not heed the obligation to be fully aware of his attitude and actions that are always attached because as a member of the commission, shows the example regulated in Article 4 paragraph 1 letter n and Article 8 paragraph 1 letter f of the Supervisory Board Regulation No. 02/2020 concerning Enforcement of the KPK Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct," said Chairman of the Ethics Council Tumpak Hatorangan Panggabean in an ethics trial at the KPK Jakarta Building, Thursday, September 24, 2020.
The KPK Council stated that it did not find any allegations of receiving gratuities or discounts from the helicopter used by KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri while traveling in Baturaja, Palembang, until he arrived in Jakarta.
"Everything that has been conveyed has been examined in the clarification that no evidence has been found regarding the meeting between the person concerned and the flight service provider. Even the provider has provided clear information that all of these are not given or facilities, including discounts," said Tumpak at a press conference at the KPK Building. Jakarta, Thursday 24 September 2020.
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