Alexander Marwata Admits About Threats To KPK Leaders In The DJKA Case

Deputy Chairperson Of The KPK Alexander Marwata (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Alexander Marwata admitted that he heard threats to his colleagues regarding the investigation into alleged project bribery at the Directorate General of Railways (DJKA). He admitted that he received recognition from several leaders but it was not detailed who.

"I only heard stories from several leaders. Whether or not the person concerned himself (who told the story, ed)," Alexander told reporters at the KPK's Red and White House, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, quoted Thursday, December 21.

Alexander admitted that he had never received any threats in this case, including the former Deputy for Enforcement and Execution, Inspector General Karyoto, who now serves as the Kapolda Metro Jaya. Because he didn't keep his number.

"I don't have a cellphone number. I never called me," he said.

Thus, he could not explain further about the news of threats revealed in the pretrial of the inactive KPK chairman Firli Bahuri at the South Jakarta District Court (PN).

This submission was made to fight the status of a suspect in the alleged extortion or acceptance of gratuities from former Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Syahrul Yasin Limpo.

"Stories. Only stories, whether they are true or not, of course the person concerned is himself. I'm just a testimonial de auditu," said Alexander.

As previously reported, Firli Bahuri's camp conveyed that the alleged extortion case that ensnared him was not pure law enforcement. There is something that is related, namely the investigation of the Hand Catch Operation (OTT) case at the Directorate General of Railways (DJKA) conducted by the KPK on April 12, 2023.

In that case, Muhammad Suryo is said to be involved. He received a sleep fee of Rp11.2 billion. The money is said to have been received through transfers to his wife's account amounting to Rp9.5 billion.

This name was later linked to Inspector General Karyoto who was said to have helped Suryo. In fact, his claim was that the Metro Jaya Police Chief had threatened investigators to the KPK leadership

In fact, the two-star general is said to have visited Nawawi Pomolango and asked not to name Suryo as a suspect in the bribery case.

Meanwhile, the Jakarta Police's Legal Advocacy Team (Bidkum) denied the replica read by Ian Iskandar, who is Firli's lawyer.

"The Respondent does not need to respond," said a member of the advocacy team of the Metro Jaya Police Bidkum during the trial, Wednesday, December 13.

This team also assessed that the argument from Firli Bahuri's camp was very biased. Because, never in the pretrial petition. So, this matter is considered only a misleading and fabricated assumption and obscures the purpose of filing a pretrial.