Had Buron, PPLN Kuala Lumpur Surrendered To Bareskrim

Brigadier General Djuhandhani Rahardjo Puro (right) (doc Bareskrim)

JAKARTA - An Overseas Election Committee or PPLN Kuala Lumpur who is a fugitive in a case of alleged election fraud has surrendered to the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Police. The fugitive is MKM alias Masduki.

"DPO on behalf of Masduki of the PPLN KL case, this morning (March 13) surrendered," said Head of the Gakkumdu Polri Task Force and Director of General Crimes at Bareskrim Polri, Brigadier General Djuhandhani Rahardjo Puro when confirmed, Wednesday, March 13.

However, it was not conveyed in detail about the reasons for the MKM to choose to surrender. Including, the reason for choosing to run away from the police.

So far, Djuhandhani only said that MKM was still under investigation. Then, investigators will immediately hand it over to the Prosecutor's Office so that it can be immediately tried at the trial stage.

"Furthermore, we will hand it over to the prosecutor," said Djuhandhani.

The Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police was originally to hand over or delegate 6 Overseas Election Committees or PPLN Kuala Lumpur to the Central Jakarta District Attorney.

"The submission of suspects and evidence or Phase II to the Central Jakarta District Attorney on Friday, March 8, 2024," said Djuhandhani.

The delegation of the suspects was carried out after the investigating prosecutor at the Deputy Attorney General for General Crimes (Jampidum) of the Attorney General's Office (AGO) stated that the case files prepared by investigators had met the material and formal or complete requirements.

The suspects had the initials UF, PS, APR, AKH, TOCR, and DS.

In this case, the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police has named seven PPLN suspects in the alleged fraud case in the vote in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

They add or reduce voter lists in elections after the stipulation of a fixed voter list and or intentionally falsify data and voter lists.

Thus, they are charged with Article 545 and/or Article 544 of Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections.