Former KPK Investigator Regarding Hasto Calls Harun Masiku A Victim: That's A Corruption Suspect

KPK fugitive Harun Masiku (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Former investigator of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Yudi Purnomo said Harun Masiku was not a victim of the General Election Commission (KPU). The former PDI-P legislative candidate (caleg) is a suspect who gave bribes and now his whereabouts are still unknown. This was conveyed by Yudi in response to the statement of PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto who said Harun was a victim of the person who asked for a reward. In fact, he should have earned a seat in parliament according to the decision of the Supreme Court (MA). "He is a corruption suspect, not a fugitive, until now he has not been successfully arrested by the KPK," Yudi said in his statement to reporters quoted on Tuesday, March 19. Even so, Yudi said that the accuracy of Hasto's statement could be tested if Harun was successfully arrested. So, he asked the politician to give a statement to the KPK so that Harun could be caught immediately. "If Mas Hasto has information on his whereabouts (Harun Masiku, ed) and wants to help eradicate corruption immediately inform the KPK," he said. "Moreoverall, Mas Hasto was once a witness to the bribery case of the KPU commissioner at that time," continued Yudi.

Previously reported, Harun was a suspect in giving bribes to former KPU Commissioner Wahyu Setiawan. This gift was made so that he could sit as a member of the DPR through the interim replacement (PAW). Harun then became a fugitive and has been on the wanted list (DPO) since January 29, 2020. Most recently, the KPK informed the National Central Bureau (NCB) of Interpol Indonesia that it had issued a red notice on behalf of Harun Masiku on Friday, July 30, 2023.