Bring KPK Secret Documents At The Pretrial Session, MAKI Calls Firli Violating 3 Rules

MAKI Coordinator, Boyamin Saiman responded to Firli Bahuri's pre-peradidlan case. (Between)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Anti-Corruption Society (MAKI) criticized Firli Bahuri's actions in carrying secret KPK investigation documents in a pretrial hearing. Firli is suspected of violating three rules, namely the Law on Public Information Disclosure, Article 21 of the KPK Law regarding obstruction to investigations, and ethical norms based on the Indonesian KPK Council Regulation Number 2 of 2020.

According to MAKI Coordinator, Boyamin Saiman, Firli Bahuri seems to be trying to prove that his determination as a suspect is a criminalization, without sufficient evidence of extortion. The secret documents he carries are considered unethical and break the rules.

Boyamin explained that Firli's actions could be subject to sanctions in accordance with legal provisions. Law Number 14 of 2008 concerning Public Information Disclosure places public secrets with a penalty of up to 3 years, while obstructions to investigations are above 5 years under Article 21 of the KPK Law.

Although Firli Bahuri has been deactivated, the presence of the document in pretrial is considered irrelevant and is considered an effort to influence the judge's opinion. The Head of Legal Affairs of the Polda Metro Jaya, Putu Putera Sadana, also stated that the evidence brought by Firli was not related to the corruption case being discussed in pretrial. Putu represented the Metro Jaya Police Chief Inspector General Karyoto against Firli Bahuri in pretrial.

"There are several documents used as evidence and we already have 159 pieces of evidence which will of course be tested at the main court of the case, not pretrial. However, the applicant (Firli Bahuri) submitted evidence that we think has no correlation with what is being discussed at the pretrial hearing. P26 to P37 evidence," said Putu.

"This is a secret item, especially if this is a suspect in a corruption case carrying documents, it's wrong, it can't be because it's a secret," said MAKI Coordinator Boyamin Saiman, Sunday, December 17.

"Pak Firli is already inactive, the need is for the case to be tried. This pretrial has no relevance," continued Bonyamin.

A lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia, Junaedi Saabih, who was presented as a witness confirmed that Firli's lawyer's actions in carrying the DJKA case documents were not in accordance with the pretrial material which should be related to the process of determining the suspect formally.

Regarding the alleged violation of the code of ethics, MAKI plans to report Firli Bahuri to the KPK Supervisory Board (Dewas). Boyamin Saiman, MAKI Coordinator, will report an alleged leak of information related to the involvement of classified documents when he was a witness in the KPK Council trial on Friday, December 22.