Homework Of Arresting Fugitives, KPK Must Increase Cooperation With Other Institutions

KPK Building (Irfan Meidianto/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has been asked to increase cooperation with other institutions. This is considered necessary, considering that the anti-corruption commission has not succeeded in arresting a number of criminals who have become fugitives and are suspected of having fled abroad.

The encouragement for the KPK to cooperate with institutions to find corruptors who are still free was conveyed by the Deputy Chairman of Commission III of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI), Ahmad Sahroni. He assessed that increasing cross-institutional cooperation is something that must be done.

Moreover, currently, there are still corruptors who are on the wanted list (DPO) that have not been found and their whereabouts are not even known.

"There are things that the KPK needs to do, including increasing cross-institutional cooperation, such as with the police and the Ministry of Law and Human Rights," Sahroni was quoted as saying on the Nasdem Faction website, Sunday, March 14.

The NasDem Party politician said the KPK should optimize its search for the wanted list. This, he continued, is important so that the corruption case that is being investigated can immediately find a bright spot, including that it can be immediately transferred to the court.

"The settlement of cases currently being investigated in the country is actually very closely related to the discovery of these wanted lists. So if they are found quickly, the case will be transferred to court and immediately decided. So the public also does not have to wait long," he said.

In addition, coordination between agencies, such as with the Ministry of Law and Human Rights must be carried out as quickly as possible. The goal is that fugitives who have fled abroad can immediately be extradited to Indonesia if their location is known.

"So the synergy is very important," he said.

Commission III of the House of Representatives touched on the question of fugitives at the RDP

In a hearing (RDP) between the KPK and Commission III of the Indonesian House of Representatives on Wednesday, March 10, the issue of the fugitive who had not been caught was also touched on. At that time, a member of Commission III of the PAN Faction, Sarifuddin Suding, asked how the KPK was taking steps to hunt down these fugitive corruptors.

"In relation to cases handled by the KPK, there are still seven wanted lists, sir. Of the seven wanted lists who have not been caught, according to KPK's allegations still in the territory of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia, are they still alive or where they are exactly, sir," he asked in the meeting.

Not only that, but Suding also questioned the reason the anti-graft commission was unable to arrest the fugitives, especially Harun Masiku, who was a former candidate from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) in the 2019 Legislative Election. He is a suspect in giving bribes to the former Commissioner of the General Elections Commission (KPU) Wahyu Setiawan.

"We know the background of HM (Harun Masiku). Is there any big power behind him?" he said.

Still at the same meeting, KPK chairman Firli Bahuri said three of the seven fugitives for the KPK were abroad. The three people are said to have permanent residency status.

"Of the seven, we confirm that the three people are outside because they have permanent residents outside," replied the former Deputy for Corruption Eradication of the Corruption Eradication Commission.

However, he did not reveal the names of the three fugitives. As for the other four fugitives, he admitted that he did not know their location was inside or outside the country.

The KPK is also reluctant to speculate if the fugitive has died or is not yet on the run. "There has been no news that someone from the wanted list was buried because they died, and we have not yet found the headstone where he was buried," he said.

Recalling seven fugitives who are the KPK's homework

Some time ago, Deputy Chairman of the KPK, Nawawi Pomolango, once said that his agency still had a number of tasks that had to be completed. One of them is chasing corruptors who are still at large.

Of the 10 fugitives, only 3 have been arrested, namely former Secretary of the Supreme Court (MA) Nurhadi and his son-in-law who is a private party, namely Rezky Herbiyono; and Hiendra Soenjoto who is the gratification provider for Nurhadi and his son-in-law.

Meanwhile, the other seven who have not been caught are Harun Masiku who is a former PDI-P candidate who bribed the former KPU Commissioner Wahyu Setiawan; Kirana Kotama who is a suspect in the 2014 procurement case for the SSV vessel for the Philippine government that involved PT. PAL; and Sjamsul Nursalim and his wife, Itjih Nursalim, who were suspects in the BLBI case.

Then, there is also Izil Azhar who was caught in the case of the Aceh Governor's gratification for the 2007-2012 period; Surya Darmadi, who has been caught in a bribery case related to the conversion of forest functions in Riau Province; and Samin Tan who was the giver of bribes against a former member of Indonesian House of Representatives Eni Maulani Saragih in the Riau-1 PLTU case.

Regarding efforts to hunt down Harun Masiku, the KPK has always emphasized that it continues to coordinate with the National Police Criminal Investigation Unit. In addition, the anti-graft commission has also formed two task forces tasked with searching, observing, and monitoring former PDIP candidates who have been fugitive and joined the wanted list since 17 January 2020.