KPK Will Be Present At The Pretrial Of Deputy Minister Of Law And Human Rights Eddy Hiariej Today

Head Of KPK News Section Ali Fikri At KPK Building (Tsa Tsia/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is ready to face the first pretrial hearing filed by former Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights (Wamenkumham) Edward Omar Sharif Hiariej or Eddy Hiariej. The legal bureau team will be present at the South Jakarta District Court (PN) today, Monday, December 18.

"The information we received is that the KPK team will be present," said Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri to reporters, Monday, December 18.

"Preparations have been made to deal with Eddy's resistance," said Ali. And (we, ed) are ready to respond according to the time of the trial agenda," he said.

Meanwhile, Ricky Sihotang, who is Eddy Hiariej's lawyer, hopes that the pretrial lawsuit will be granted by the judge. He hopes that the trial will no longer be postponed as before on the grounds that the anti-corruption commission team is on duty outside the city.

"When it comes to our hopes, of course, a pretrial request will be granted," he said when confirmed.

Previously reported, the KPK officially announced Eddy Hiariej as a suspect. He is suspected of receiving up to IDR 8 billion which was divided several times for a number of purposes involving the boss of PT CLM, Helmut Hermawan.

Eddy's first acceptance was made after he agreed to consult the general legal administration of the PT CLM ownership dispute. At that time Helmut gave Rp4 billion.

Then, he also received Rp3 billion to stop the legal process involving Helmut at the National Police Criminal Investigation Unit through the issuance of a letter of termination of investigation (SP3).

Finally, Eddy allegedly used his power as Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights to unblock PT CLM in the Ministry of Law and Human Rights' Legal Administration System (SABH). At that time, he received Rp1 billion which was then used to nominate himself as Chairman of the Central Management of the Indonesian Tennis Association (PP Pelti).

Eddy made this acceptance through two people as his representative. They are lawyers named Yosi Andika Mulyadi and Yogi Arie Rukmana who are his personal assistants.